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FREELY FLOATING HYDROPHYTES
[edit]HYDROPHYTES ARE THE PLANTS THAT GROW IN WATER OR IN VERY WET PLACES.ACCORDING TO THE WAY THEY DEVELOP IN WATER THEY ARE CLASSIFIED INTO THREE TYPES. THER ARE:
1 FREELY FLOATING HYDROPHYTES 2 ROOTING HYDROPHYTES WITH FLOATING LEAVES 3 SUBMERGED SUSPENDED HYDROPHYTES 4 SUBMERGED ROOTED HYDROPHYTES 5 AMPHIBIOUS PLANTS
FREELY FLOATING HYDOPHYTES
THEY FLOAT FREELY ON WATER SURFACE AND HAVE NO CONTACT WITH SOIL. EG:PISTIA, EICHHORNIA, WOLFFIA.SALVINA
ROOTED HYDROPHYTES RITH FLOATING LEAVES
THEIR ROOTS ARE FIXED IN MUD BUT LEAVES HAVE LONG PETIOLES WHICH KEEP THEM FLOATING ON THE SURFACE. EG:NYMPHAEA, NELUMBO AND VICTORIA REGIA
SUBMERGED SUSPENDED HYDROPHYTES
THESE PLANTS ARE IN CONTACT WITH WATER, BEING COMPLETELY SUBMERGED AND ROOTED IN THE MUD. EG:HYDRILLA, CERATOPHYLUM AND UTRICULARIA
SUBMERGED ROOTED HYDROPHYTES
THESE PLANTS ARE COMPLETELY SUBMERGED IN WATER AND THEY ARE ATTACHED BY THE ROOT SYSTEM TO THE MUDDY SOIL AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POND. EG:VALLISNERIA, POTAMOGETON.
AMPHIBIOUS PLANTS
THESE PLANTS LIVE PARTLY IN WATER AND PARTLY IN AIR. EG:SAGITTARIA, RANUNCULUS,LINNOPHILA