Ncert Exercises & Solutions

Q.47 In a pond, we see plants that are free-floating; rooted-submerged, rooted emergent rooted with floating leaves. Write the type of plants against each of them.

Plant Name Type
(a) Hydrilla
(b) Typha
(c) Nymphaea
(d) Lemna
(e) Vallisneria

Ans. (a) Hydrilla is submerged hydrophyte
(b) Typha is rooted emergent
(c) Nymphaea is rooted with floating leaves
(d) Lemna is a free-floating hydrophyte
(e) Valisnaria is rooted in submerged hydrophytes.