Our Aquatic Plants Web Page Aquatic Plants Aquatic plants are defined as plants that must grow in water whether rooted in the mud or floating without anchorage or plants that must complete part or all of their life cycle in or near water.
Some aquatic plants can be nuisance plants.
These bothersome ones are not native to the areas where they cause all of their trouble. The term aquatic macrophytes refers to a diverse group of aquatic plants and encompasses flowering vascular plants, mosses, ferns, and macroalgae.