EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Hydrophytes are aquatic plants that live in water and are evolutionarily suited to thrive in aquatic environments. Hydrilla, also called waterthyme is a submerged hydrophyte, which is a troublesome aquatic weed at many places.

Detailed explanation-2: -Hydrilla, a member of the Hydrocharitaceae family, is a submersed, vascular hydrophyte. It is often referred to as the perfect aquatic plant because of its ability to adapt and aggressively compete in its environment.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata), also commonly called water thyme, is a submersed perennial herb. The plant is rooted in the bed of the waterbody and has long stems (up to 25 feet in length) that branch at the surface where growth becomes horizontal and forms dense mats.

Detailed explanation-4: -Hydrophytes are plants that live completely in the water. These plants need more water to live and grow. The roots of these plants are in the soil and the whole plant is in the water, are called aquatic submerged plants. Examples of these types of plants are eelgrass, elodea, hydrilla, and pondweed.

Detailed explanation-5: -Obligate wetland plants include duckweed, water lily, pickerel weed, cattails, wooly sedge, soft-stem bulrush, royal fern, and water horsetail. Obligate upland plants include White pine, White clover, Virginia creeper, Christmas fern, and Ground ivy.