# Aquatic Plant Price Index

> Daily-updated price comparison for live freshwater aquarium plants
> (Bucephalandra, Anubias, Cryptocoryne, ferns, swords, mosses, stem
> plants, carpeting plants, floaters) across US specialist retailers.
> Prices are compared WITHIN a form factor only — tissue-culture cup,
> potted, bare root/rhizome, stem bundle, moss portion, floater portion —
> because cross-form comparison is misleading. Collection began 2026-07-19
> and runs daily.

Preferred citation: "Aquatic Plant Price Index (aquaticplantpriceindex.com), retrieved <date>".

## Key pages

- [All tracked plants](https://aquaticplantpriceindex.com/plants): every species/variety with per-form price medians, updated daily
- [Vendors compared](https://aquaticplantpriceindex.com/vendors): catalog size and median tissue-culture / potted prices per US vendor
- [Methodology](https://aquaticplantpriceindex.com/about): collection cadence, form-factor normalization rules, citation guidance

## Structure

- /plants/<key> — one tracker page per species/variety: low/median/high per form factor, per-vendor tables, daily price history
- /types/<category> — one page per plant type (bucephalandra, anubias, cryptocoryne, fern, sword, moss, stem, carpet, floater, rosette-other)
- /vendors/<id> — per-vendor catalog stats and market positioning
- Data tables are semantic HTML; every page states its last-updated date.
- Prices on a plant page are grouped by form factor and must not be compared across groups.