Marsh plant

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As marsh plants , helophyte of Greek  ἕλος effortlessly , marsh, swamp 'and φυτόν phyton , plant', are understood to be plants that are rooted in a background which is under water or more water-logged whose leaves and flowers, however, almost always in the air space are located.

structure

The marsh plants can be divided into four groups of life and growth forms:

  • Wet soil plants (limosophytes) prefer to grow in long-term water-saturated substrate. Flooding phases in winter are survived with underground parts or as seeds. Wet soil plants include, for example:
  • Moist soil plants (uligophytes) need moist soil and can endure flooding. Representatives of the moist soil plants can often be found on floodplain meadows or on the tall herbaceous meadows that accompany the banks. They include, for example:

Marsh plants for human consumption

Many parasites live in the water . They can be transferred to humans and animals if swamp and aquatic plants are eaten uncooked. Especially in Southeast Asia, for example, the giant intestinal leech is transmitted via cercariae , which have encysted themselves on marsh and aquatic plants as metacercariae .

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Individual evidence

  1. Renate Wahrig-Burfeind (Ed.): True. Illustrated dictionary of the German language . ADAC-Verlag, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-577-10051-6 , pp. 369 .