a floating or rooted water plant that is not an algae.
Plants of lakes, streams and wetlands that are visible with the naked eye. This term literally means "large plant." Usually refers to rooted, seed-producing aquatic plants.
(3) any plant that can be seen with the unaided eye, such as aquatic mosses, ferns, liverworts, or rooted plants.
a plant visible to the naked eye, usually particular to an aquatic habitat
n. (Gr. makros, large; phyton, plant) a member of the macroscopic plant life especially of a body of water; large aquatic plant; the term 'aquatic macrophyte' has no taxonomic significance.
A large, or macroscopic, plant that is easily seen without aid of microscope.
An individual alga large enough to be seen easily with the unaided eye.
a form of aquatic vegetation (i
Any plant species that can be readily observed without the aid of optical magnification. This includes all vascular plant species and mosses ( e.g., Sphagnum spp.), as well as large algae (e.g. Chara spp., kelp).
Large, rooted or floating aquatic plants that may bear flowers and seeds. Some plants, like duckweed and coontail, are free-floating and are not attached to the bottom. Occasionally, filamentous algae like Nitella sp. can form large, extensive populations and be an important member of the aquatic macrophyte community.
a macroscopic plant, usually in the aquatic environment
larger aquatic plants, i.e. flowering plants.
Plants large enough to be readily seen by the naked eye
Large, easily visible plants. Aquatic macrophytes include: emergent macrophytes such as cattails and bulrushes, submergent macrophytes such as pondweeds, floating-leaved macrophytes such as water lilies and free-floating macrophytes such as duckweed. [Gk. makros, great + phyton, plant.
Scientific name of seaweed's, from the latin meaning large plant.
A plant large enough to be seen without the aid of a microscope.
Water-loving vascular plants (grasses, rushes, shrubs, etc.).
'big plant': used to describe water plants other than algae.