Skip to main content
Like
Create new Glog
previous
next
Email share
14 views | 0 likes | 0 reposts
Freshwater Organisms
Plants:
- contain large, widespread roots that reach downward to gain nutrients from the soil.
Water Lilies - Nympheas
Cattails - Typhaceae
- use long stems to reach the bottom of lakes. - use spongy tops to absorb sunlight.
Sweet Flag - Acorus calamus
- contain prominent leaf veins to absorb water.
Paper Reed - Cyperus Papyrus
- found in shallow water ecosystems such as swamps.
Duckweed - Lemna Minor
- floats on the water's surface. - uses a single root to absorb nutrients.
Java Moss - Versicularia dubyana
- attaches to rocks and driftwood. - requires little light.
American Alligator- Mississippiensis'
Salmon - Oncorhynchus keta
- in the same family as trout. - breed in freshwater.
- major predator in freshwater - elusive despite their size.
Common Egret - Ardea alba
Beaver - Castor canadensis
- have long legs that allow them to wade in water.
- use wide, flat tails to create dams.
Frog - Anura
- webbed feet help them swim. - long tongue helps to catch flies.
Water Scorpion- Hemiptera: Nepidae
- have long front legs for grabbing prey.
