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Aquatic Plants of the World
| Cattails are wetland plants with a unique flowering spike, flat blade like leaves that reach heights from 3 to 10 feet! | ||||
| Water Lilies can live with most of their parts under water. Water Lily flowers are wonderfully showy and fragrant, lasting only a few days.
Some open during the day and close at night, others the opposite. Most are
pollinated by beetles. | ||||
| Duckweed is the smallest flowering plant. It floats on the water surface in a
bright green layer. Duckweed has no stems and no leaves. Some may have
tiny roots. | ||||
| Marsilea Villosa is a fern found only in the Hawaiian Islands, limited to
areas with patchy flooding. Marsilea villosa looks like a four-leaf clover, with four leaflets at the
end of a leaf stalk. | ||||
| Pickerelweed is an aquatic plant which grows three to four feet tall. Usually, you only see one or two
feet, because the rest is underwater. plant which grows three to four feet tall. Usually, you
only see one or two feet, because the rest is underwater. | ||||
| Mangrove trees are found all over the world in tropical and subtropical climates. They are found in tidal zones, swamps and shorelines. | ||||
| Rice is one of the worlds most important food crops! It is a grass that grows in shallow water! | ||||
| Water Chestnut is a grasslike plant commonly grown in Asia. The plant thrives in warm ponds and wet, water logged areas. | ||||
| There are more than 300 types of taro! Some grow in dry lands and others grow in wetlands! It is most popular in Hawaii. | ||||
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