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Sakhalin knotweed

Polygonum sachalinense

Perennial herbaceous plant with a creeping rhizome. Stems erect, hollow, sturdy, up to 300 cm tall, green or brown.

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Sedge (CAREX)

CAREX

Most sedges are perennials with long or shortened rhizomes. The genus Carex encompasses many species that differ from each other not only in appearance and height but also in ecological requirements.

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Sedge (Cyperus)

Cyperus

Cyperus are marsh plants with creeping rhizomes. The leaves of Cyperus are arranged in an umbrella-like formation.

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Senecio

Senecio

This is a large genus comprising about 3000 species in the wild. The native range of species commonly grown in cultivation is Southern and Southwestern Africa, Madagascar, and the Canary Islands.

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Sheathed cottongrass

Eriophorum vaginatum

Cottongrass (lat. Erióphorum) — a genus of perennial herbaceous bog plants of the sedge family (Cyperaceae). A small genus including 15—20 species. Twelve species occur in the former USSR.

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Shelkovnik

Batrachium

Aquatic plants with floating and submerged, or only submerged, leaves.

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Shining pondweed

Potamogeton lucens

This species prefers flowing water; it is more often encountered in rivers than in ponds. It has large leaves up to 5 cm wide and 30 cm long.

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Spatterdock (Nuphar)

Nuphar

These are perennial aquatic plants with a long thick fleshy horizontal rhizome, flattened from top to bottom, greenish above and whitish below, covered with numerous scars from fallen petioles and flower stalks.

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Spiked water-milfoil

Myriophyllum spicatum

Perennial submerged plants of the Haloragaceae family, with shoots that rise to the water surface. Long flexible stems are covered with pinnate leaves with very fine segments.

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Spiral vallisneria

Vallisneria spiralis

Spiral vallisneria is one of the most common aquatic plants for aquariums. Its long, ribbon-like, bright green leaves are spirally twisted and form dense growths that reach the surface even of relatively deep aquariums.

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Spreading knotweed

Polygonum divaricatum

Perennial plant with numerous stems up to 100–150 cm tall, with a brownish tint. Leaves lanceolate, lower ones up to 10 cm long, upper ones up to 6 cm.

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Stiff-leaved Aponogeton

Aponogeton rigidifolius

The stiff-leaved Aponogeton forms long narrow leaves, slightly undulating at the edges, dark green or olive in color. The plant's height in an aquarium reaches 50-60 cm. Place the plant in the background, in corners, or…

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Sweet flag

Acorus

Plants with thick horizontal rhizomes forming dense clumps. Linear leaves are gathered in tufts.

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Sword-leaved rush

Juncus ensofolius

The most interesting species of rush. Its stems resemble iris leaves; in summer it blooms with brown spherical inflorescences. Plant height 50 cm. After autumn frosts its leaves begin to wither, but the inflorescences c…