Cabomba Caroliniana is a also know as fanwart. It is most popularly know as Caroliniana Fanwart. However, the Cabomba is a oxygenating plant genus in the Cabombaceae family. And the species most held as representative of the genus is really not the true fanwort.
Popular misnaming has confused it with Cabomba Aquaticas nick name of Fanwart. Its true name comes from the theist support of Darwin, The Renowned Asa Gray: Cabomba Caroliniana A. (Asa) Gray is the comprehensive categorical scientific name.
The Green fanned leaves are beautiful to look at floating in the water. This adds to the appeal of the genus as a whole. The red variety (which) is a different species in the genus is the hardest to keep alive. It is far less hardy than the Green Cabomba Caroliniana (Fanwart) A. Gray species.
Knowing which sort (species or cultivar) of cabomba one is going to grow is important. Even within the boarders of the United States a cabomba that is natural to one region, has to be painstakingly removed from another. And invasive cabomba break apart easily in low water turbulence without a very controlled CO2 input.This Green Cabomba genus variety species is known for growing at a rate of one inch per day.
Focusing in on the Caroliniana (Fanwart) species/cultivar of Cabomba is in order. This is due to the fact that Cabomba Caroliniana is more popular than purple cabomba, Cabomba Aquatica (true fanwart), Cabomba Frucata Shultes (Red Cabomba) with are among other species and species cultivars that are Cabomba Carolinianas genus mates.
In order to simply for the most common terms for people who are learning more about the submerged plant this article refers to the plant in the common terms of Cabomba Caroliniana Fanwart, Cabomba Fanwart, and Caroliniana Fanwart, to keep the search terms easy for the reader to find, even though these misnomers are inaccurate yet popular.
The Cabomba Caroliniana Fanwart (A. Gray) is native to the South East of North America. It is very popular among fresh water fish tank enthusiasts, who understand that the plant needs higher levels of CO2, and very low pressure in order to not propagate by breaking into fragile parts, which clog up many tank mechanisms. These aquarists like the look, and the fact that it is beneficial to there fish.
The second largest group of hobby enthusiasts who have added much to the A. Gray species of the Cabomba genus are water gardeners. In the South West United States it is easy and safe for water gardeners to add this robust species to their water gardening project.
Caring for a species that propagates so well is the water gardeners first concern. Fish like to rest in, and snack on this species, which causes pieces to be broken off: Water CO2 levels are hard to control in larger ponds which allows the stems to be weaker and break off easier in less turbulent water: Any sort of pond equipment pressure also causes the Cabomba Coroliniana Fanwart (A. Gray) to come apart: All of these contribute to the pieces settling to other parts of the pond, or where to pond water is pumped to and colonizing the new location.
In the Pacific North West especially, and including anywhere outside the South Western United States the Caroliniana Fanwart A. (Asa) Gray species and its cultivars of the Cabomba genus are known to be highly invasive, and should not be placed in a water garden larger than a pond pot.
If they are in a pot pond, the caretaker water gardener should be very careful under all circumstances exactly how the bits of this species of Cabomba are disposed of. It is important to be sure that little bits dont get washed into the sewer, or into any other water way. Disposing of the water in a raingarden filtration system or regular dirt garden is second only to being sure the pieces make it into the trash can, or compost recycling.
A more than normal amount of the species in this Cabomba genus are named after the influential botanists of the time who are credited with discovering them: Primarily the Asa Gray, Julius Hermann Shultes, and Norman C. Fassett.
Cabomba genus prefers water temperatures ranging from 18°-32°C (64.4 º F -25.6º F).
Healthy light should be at 1.5 to 3 watts a gallon in a pot or tank.
CO2 injections make green Cabomba Caroliniana Fanwart (A. Gray) less prone to break off since it creates a sturdier spine and leaf structure.
Holding to zone 5 which is mostly Des Moines, Iowa Illinois; Columbia, Missouri; and Mansfield Pennsylvania specifically if the Green Cabomba species is going into a large pond or water garden is the responsible water gardeners limitation.
