Chen Te-hung, head of the Wanli station of the Wetland Plants Sheltering Center of the Society of Wilderness, explains that water plants 'role in the ecological food chain is similar to the role that a foundation plays in a house. Water plants provide food and habitat for insects and amphibians.
台灣荒野保護協會「溼地植物庇護中心」萬里站長陳德鴻表示，水生植物在整個生態食物鏈裡的角色，就像蓋房子的地基一樣，它們餵養昆蟲和兩棲類動物，也提供棲息空間。