plants for hyla arborea enclosure

[althepalme]

i am thinking of moaking a tall enclosure for some hyla arborea. i am looking for some plants which are not big but grow to around 4-5ft high. has anybody got any ideas?

[Iowarth]

On the whole, arborea seem to prefer bushy plants - basically reasonably dense and broad leafed. One of their favourites in the wild is bramble - but I wouldn't recommend that! They will also use broad leafed reeds etc. A lot depends on the enclosure but, with your height limit, so long as you can plant in a body of water ot VERY moist soil then a small broad leafed reed would be fine - Water Iris is superb but unfortunately insufficient on its own as it dies back in winter. In greenhouses I tend to use Passion Flower and just hack it back savagely - and frequently. In heated vivs, scindapsus can be dealt with in much the same way.
Chris Davis

[willj]

you can always get the thornless bramble variety.

[althepalme]

thanks for that. when we were in spain we found that the hyla meridionalis generally lived on bamboo and bramble. but i just wanted to make sure what the hyla arborea lived on.
alex