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characteristics of aquatic angiosperms (5)

Definition

- herbaceous & woody species - in lentic & lotic habitats - can be partially to fully submerged with some floating - aquatic flowering plants - some species are heterophylly

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describe aquatic plant zonation

Definition

3 zones - emergent (eg water mint), floating leaf plants (eg. water lilies) & submerged (eg bladderworts) vegetation zonation reflects the plants reponse to water levels

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describe seed dispersal in aquatic angiosperms

Definition

4 methods of seed dispersal- wind, animal, hydrochory (rain or flood) and gravity dispersal (seed drops to sediment)