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Typha, known as cattails or bulrushes, are found throughout the world and a characteristic plant of wetland environments. Utricularia, known as the bladderworts, are carnivorous plants with species found worldwide. Water lilies are aquatic flowering plants with leaves that float on the surface of bodies of water.
Typha latifolia is a perennial herbaceous wetland plant in the genus Typha.It is known in English as bulrush [4] [5] (sometimes as common bulrush [6] to distinguish from other species of Typha), and in American as broadleaf cattail. [7]
The plants often grow together in crowded colonies and spread by runners at or just under the soil surface. In late summer the plants produce tubers that are twice as long as wide, [9] each typically measuring 0.5 to 5 cm (1 ⁄ 4 to 2 in) in diameter. [8] The plant produces rosettes of leaves and an inflorescence on a long rigid scape.
The Typha x glauca plant also has a number of predators, including caterpillars of the moths Arzama opbliqua and Nonagria oblonga [10]). The leaves and stems of the plant are also consumed by Aphids and Colandra pertinaux, more commonly referred to as the snout beetle. The muskrat and other mammals use the plant for food as well which has a ...
Ludwigia peploides is an herbaceous perennial wetland plant, usually common along mud or a water surface. L. peploides sprawl flat along the mud or waters surface. It is very similar to the Ludwigia hexapetala and very difficult to tell apart. The leaves are arranged in clusters and vary in size.
Pontederia cordata, common name pickerelweed or pickerel weed (), is a monocotyledonous aquatic plant native to the Americas. It grows in a variety of wetlands, including pond and lake margins across an extremely large range from eastern Canada south to Argentina.
Large number of seeds can accumulate in the soil of wetlands. [5] [11] Peltandra virginica is a marshland aquatic plant, growing in North America bogs, ponds, and marshes. The roots and base grow into the submerged substrate, and the leaves and inflorescences project up and out of the water. The roots form a perennial rhizome. Various forms of ...
The plant grows from a thick rhizome, typically measuring 30 cm (0.98 ft). It has leaves that are large, each 40–55 cm (16–22 in) long and 30–40 cm (12–16 in) wide. Blooming early in the spring, just its blossoms can be seen above the mud. The plant is generally pulled back into the earth as it develops every year.