riverweeds
Stream-growing water flora
Riverweeds are aquatic plants that grow in flowing freshwater—rivers, streams, and rapids.
The term applies loosely to various species anchored to rocks or riverbeds, their leaves and stems trailing in the current.
The riverweeds swayed in the shallow water.
Primitive aquatic photosynthesizers
Tall wetland reed
- reedsHollow-stemmed marsh plants
- bulrushesTall wetland sedges
- sedgesGrasslike wetland plants
- rushesMoves very quickly
pickerelweed · arrowhead · tule · papyrus · wild rice
Underlying supporting material
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- biofilmAdhesive layer of microorganisms
- detritusLoose waste from decay
- oxygenationAdding breathable gas
erosion control · siltation · biodiversity · riverbed · streamflow
algae
Primitive aquatic photosynthesizers
- eelgrassSubmerged marine flowering plant
- milfoilFeather-leaved aquatic plant
- hornwortSpore plant with projections
coontail · bladderwort · watercress · naiad
cattails
Tall wetland reed
rushes · pickerelweed · arrowhead · tule · papyrus · wild rice
substrate
Underlying supporting material
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- biofilmAdhesive layer of microorganisms
- detritusLoose waste from decay
oxygenation · erosion control · siltation · biodiversity · riverbed · streamflow