Amblystegiaceae
Drepanocladus aduncus
Drepanocladus aduncus
Native Plants · Aquatic Moss · Drepanocladus · Water Garden · Bog Plant · Wetland · Moss · Pond · Oxygenating Plant · Semi-Aquatic · Habitat Plant
Drepanocladus aduncus is an aquatic or semi-aquatic moss found in wetlands, ponds, and slow-moving water, making it an excellent choice for naturalistic water features and bog gardens. It thrives in cool, shallow water or saturated soil in partial shade and requires no fertilizer or active care once established. This moss provides important habitat and oxygenation in water garden ecosystems.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 3 hours
- Watering
- Maintain standing water or permanently saturated substrate at all times · Keep consistently wet or submerged
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 6 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
Sources: trefle
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