What is Aquatic plant?
[[File:FloatingRedBlueLilies.JPG|thumb|Water lilies, with flowers above the water]] [[File:Nymphaea 02 ies.jpg|thumb|Section of the stem of a water lilly]] An '''aquatic plant''' is a [[plant]] that has [[adaptation|adapted]] to live [[aquatic|in the water]]. This can be either [[freshwater]], such as in [[river]]s and [[lake]]s, [[saltwater]] as in the [[sea]], or [[brackish water]], as in the [[estuary]] of a river. Some aquatic plants are partly submerged. Others are totally submerged. <ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-12-21|title=Classification of Wetlands and Deepwater Habitats of the United States - UNT Digital Library|url=https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc100511/|access-date=2020-08-16|archive-date=2019-12-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221093903/https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc100511/|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> Common adaptations include [[leaf|leaves]] that float on the water, and special [[Tissue (biology)|tissue]] that allows to transport [[air]] and other [[gas]]es inside the plant.Some plants from the water can be adapted in land. Aquatic plants require special adaptation for living in submerged water or at the water's surface. Hydrophytes are the plants which live completely or partially submerged in fresh water. Such plants do not face the problem of water shortage. They have developed mechanisms for the removal of extra water from their cells. Hydrophytes have broad leaves with a large number of stomata on their upper surfaces. This characteristic helps them to remove extra amount of water. The most common example of such plants is [[Nymphaea|Water Lily]]. == References == {{Reflist}} {{Break}}{{biology-stub}} [[Category:Aquatic plants| ]]