A species of plant that lives in water either floating, submerged, or rooted into the ponds bed.
A plant that grows in standing water, usually submerged, or with floating leaves; or emergent, rooted beneath the water surface, but growing above it.
Any plant growing in or closely associated with water.
A plant that grows in water. The three kinds are: Submergent - grows beneath the surface; Emergent - grows above the water (cattails and water lilies); and Floater - such as water hyacinth.
Aquatic plants — also called hydrophytic plants or hydrophytes — are plants that have adapted to living in or on aquatic environments. Because living on or under the water surface requires numerous special adaptations, aquatic plants can only grow in water or permanently saturated soil. Aquatic vascular plants can be ferns or angiosperms (from both monocot and dicot families).