With its almost hair-thin medium green leaves, Hairgrass is one of the most beautiful lawn-forming aquarium plants. Grows to a height of over 10 cm. Suitable for cold-water as well as tropical tanks (up to 25 °C), strong light is recommendable.
| Complete botanical name | Eleócharis aciculáris (L.) Roem. & Schult. |
| Family | Cyperaceae |
| Genus | Eleocharis |
| Difficulty | easy |
| Usage | Midground, Nano tanks, Foreground, group, Foreground, ground cover |
| Aquascaping | forms a grass-like lawn |
| Growth | medium |
| pH value | 5 – 7 |
| Temperature tolerance | 4 – 27°C |
| Carbonate hardness | 0 – 14°dKH |
| General hardness | 0 – 30°dGH |
| Propagation | Runners, Splitting, cutting off daughter plants |
| Can grow emersed? | yes |
| Source | Flowgrow |
