Algea
- simalar to phytoplankton
- -in many types of water
- -preyed on by many marine herbivores
- -is what makes water green
American Pondweed
- lakes,ponds,and ditches
- -food source for fish and turtles
- -eradicated by humans with herbicide
Eelweed
- grows in salty tidal waters
- -shallow sandy areas
- -preyed on by migratory waterfowl and turtles
- -destroyed by ray fish
Horned Pondweed
- -preyed on by migratory waterfowl
- --grows in low to medium salinity waters
- -leaves can be up to 3 inches long
Phytoplankton
- -essential to the marine food chain
- -single celled organism
- -helps regulate carbon
sea lettuce
- -a type of algae found in the Chesapeake bay
- -grows in shallow brackish and salty waters
- -can be free floating
Sea grass
- grows in underwater meadows protecting nearby lagoons
- -plays an important role in supporting the sea life in coral reefs
- -provides habitat for smaller fish
Seaweed
- -grows in marine ecosystems
- -macroscopic and multicelluar
- -preyed on by marine herbivores
water chesnut
- rows in slow moving fresh and brackish rivers
- -floats freely or can be rooted to bottom sediment
- -floats on waters surface