why aquatic plants uses wind pollination instead of water pollination
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Water Pollination
Thumbnail an information sheet published by the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Outlawed! Federal Noxious Weeds: The Aquatics.Outlawed! Federal Noxious Weeds: The Aquatics (PDF)
Water pollinated plants are aquatic. Pollen floats on the water’s surface drifting until it contacts flowers. This is called surface hydrophily, but is relatively rare (only 2% of pollination is hydrophily). This water-aided pollination occurs in waterweeds and pondweeds. In a very few cases, pollen travels underwater. Most aquatic plants are insect-pollinated, with flowers that emerge from the water into the air.
Many of the water-pollinated plants have become invasive throughout the United States. To learn more, visit these invasive species websites: