Welcome to the Forum, Ashle! Have you read this care sheet:
http://www.reptilesmagazine.com/Turtle-Tortoise-Species/Central-American-Wood-Turtle
I've always trusted the pages written by Austin:
http://www.austinsturtlepage.com/Care/cs-caowood.htm
Thank you so much! This is very helpful!Welcome to the forum!
I wouldn't keep any aquatic chelonians with painted woods, as juveniles/adults are highly terrestrial, and even hatchlings need shallow water. If you had a large outdoor enclosure you could keep something from their range that might be compatible. TheTurtleRoom's website has a great resource for that in the education section of their website. As for plants I have many plants that grow naturally to create a dense outdoor enclosure such as honey suckle, and muscadine. Along with plants for outdoors poke berry, hosta, Boston fern, majesty palm, pothos, windmill palm, creeping jenny, aluminum plant, along with others. TheTortoiseTable website also has a list of safe plants. For my indoor hatchling/juvenile tubs I mainly use pothos.