Question

The plants which grow in water are called ---------​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Aquatic plants are plants that have adapted to living in aquatic environments (saltwater or freshwater). They are also referred to as hydrophytes or macrophytes to distinguish them from algae and other microphytes. A macrophyte is a plant that grows in or near water and is either emergent, submergent, or floating.

Answer 2

Answer:

The plants that grow in water are called hydrophytes or aquatic plants

Explanation:

Hydrophytes are also known as macrophytes, just to differentiate them from algae and other microphytes.

Characteristics of hydrophytes:

• Roots are modified to pick up oxygen from underwater
• As water is abundant, stomata are open most of the time. Also, there is a large number of stomata.
• The Roots of these plants are feathery to hold up plants

There are three types of aquatic plants

1. Floating plants
2. Fixed plants
3. Underwater plants