The water hyssop, for example, is well adapted to life on land, and Lin has planted it on the ridges between the paddies to very decorative effect. Aquatic plants are a key part of any wetland ecological system. Without them there would be no aquatic insects to support the forktail fighting fish or the mosquito fish.
水生植物更是濕地網路的基層成員，沒有它們，沒有水生昆蟲水螳螂、負子蟲，無法吸引蓋斑鬥魚、淡水海龍，池塘也成不了鳥園鳥家。