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FREELY FLOATING HYDROPHYTES
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

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