Water Lettuce
Pistia stratiotes
Also known as: water cabbage, Nile cabbage
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Safety by species
Red-eared Slider
Trachemys scripta elegans
Natural aquatic plant, enthusiastically grazed. Excellent environmental enrichment.
Yellow-bellied Slider
Trachemys scripta scripta
Natural aquatic plant; eagerly grazed.
Painted Turtle
Chrysemys picta
Natural aquatic plant; good environmental enrichment.