Lesson 6.

Aquatic Plants
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 Learning Competency

At the end of this lesson, the given DepEd learning

competency should be met by the students:

Identify the specialized structures of terrestrial and

aquatic plants (S4LT-IIe-f-9).
 Learning Objectives

At the end of this lesson, the learner should be able to

do the following:

● Describe aquatic plants.

● Differentiate among the types of aquatic plants.

● Enumerate different habitats of aquatic plants.

How are aquatic
plants different
from terrestrial
plants? Where
do we normally
see aquatic
plants?
 Try it!
Warm-Up

Finding Aquatic Plants

Conduct a field survey of plants present in the pond or lagoon

within your school and identify the most dominant ones.
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Aquatic Plants
● Plants that live in water are
called aquatic plants or
hydrophytes.

● These plants contain special

structures that help them
adapt to this kind of habitat.

Duckweeds in river
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Natural Habitats of Aquatic Plants

● Ponds are natural or man-
made shallow pools of
freshwater that provides
good environmental
condition for the growth of
floating aquatic plants.

Water lily floating on pond

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Natural Habitats of Aquatic Plants

● Lakes are larger versions of
ponds.

● Due to its stagnant nature

and depth, it is capable of
allowing the growth of
floating, fixed, and
underwater aquatic plants.
Lake caters to floating, fixed,
and underwater plants
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Natural Habitats of Aquatic Plants

● Unlike ponds and lakes, a
river has a continuous flow
of water.

● Water flow affects the

amount of nutrients present
in the water, which may limit
the growth of aquatic plants.
Riverbank is another natural habitat
of aquatic plants
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Natural Habitats of Aquatic Plants

● Even a marine habitat serve
as home to some aquatic
plants.

● The coastal areas in seas and

oceans serve as primary
habitat for sea grasses, which
are fixed aquatic plants that
provide food for many marine
animals. Seagrasses are found under the sea.
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Features of Aquatic Plants

● Aquatic plants have thinner
cuticle or waxy layers on
their leaves because they
experience less water loss
compared with terrestrial
plants.

Leaves of aquatic plants have less cuticle

compared with terrestrial plants.
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Features of Aquatic Plants

● Aquatic plants possess flat
leaves and aerenchyma for
flotation.

Water lilies have flat leaves that

enable it to float in water.
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Features of Aquatic Plants

● Stems of aquatic plants are
more flexible allowing them
to easily flow with the water
current.

Soft and flexible stems of

aquatic plants
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Features of Aquatic Plants

● The roots of aquatic plants
are smaller and fibrous.

● It prevents them from

drifting to other places
where conditions may not
be favorable.
Aquatic plants have roots that help
them anchor to the bottom of water
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Kinds of Aquatic Plants

Floating Plants

● These plants are light and

spongy.

● They contain numerous spaces

like in a sponge, which makes
them lighter and float.
Water hyacinth as a common
example of a floating plant
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Kinds of Aquatic Plants

Floating Plants

● They do not reach the bottom

of the water, but they have
roots for water absorption.

● The presence of flat leaves

enable them to absorb more
Duckweed as another common
energy from the sun. example of floating plants
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Kinds of Aquatic Plants

Fixed Plants

● They have roots that are fixed

on the bottom of the pond.

● Their long stem is flexible,

hollow, and light that reaches
the surface of the water.
Lotus is a common example of
a fixed aquatic plant.
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Kinds of Aquatic Plants

Fixed Plants

● The leaves have plate-like shape.

● Their stomata, or opening in the

leaves, are only present on the
surface facing the sun because
plants need to acquire carbon
dioxide from the atmosphere. Water lily as another common
example of a fixed aquatic plant
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Kinds of Aquatic Plants

Underwater Plants

● Underwater or submerged
plants have narrow leaves
and flexible stems that move
along the water current.

Tape grass is a common example

of an underwater plant.
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Kinds of Aquatic Plants

Underwater Plants

● Their leaves lack pores, but the

stems contain air spaces that
store oxygen.

● Underwater plants are usually

used for ornamental purposes Hydrilla is an underwater plant
that is often used to decorate
in aquariums. aquariums.
 Key Points

● Plants that live in water are called aquatic plants or hydrophytes.

● Aquatic plants have less cuticle or waxy layers on their leaves. They
possess flat leaves and aerenchyma for flotation. Aerenchyma is a
space-filled structure in leaves, stems, and roots of aquatic plants.

● There are three types of aquatic plants, namely floating, fixed, and
underwater plants.

● Common habitat for aquatic plants include ponds, lakes, riverbanks,

and coastlines of seas or oceans.
 Check Your Understanding

Identify the type of aquatic plant with each of the

following characteristics.
1. long and fixed roots
2. broad leaves
3. presence of aerenchyma
4. narrow and long leaves
5. short and fixed roots
 Photo Credits

● Slide 11: Seagrass at Rapid Bay Jetty P1262907.JPG, by Peter Southwood, is licensed under
CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons.

● Slide 21: Austfishtank1.JPG, by Casliber, is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
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