Pond
Swollen leaf stalks.
Water hyacinths are
floating water plants
which have swollen leaf
stalks filled with air to
help them float. Water
lettuce and duckweed
are floating plants too.
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Duckweed are floating plants too
Water lily is often mistaken as a floating plant as it has its round leaves floating
on the water surface and its flower just above the water surface. Actually, water
lilies grow from the bottom of a pond and are partially submerged. Their leaves
are held on the water surface by leaf stalks so that they can receive as much
sunlight as possible to make food.
Mosses are non-flowering
plants that can make their
own food. They commonly
grow close together in
clumps or mats in damp and
shady locations. They do not
have flowers or seeds and
their simple leaves cover the
thin wiry stems.
Many fishes do not like direct sunlight.
They like to find shelter in the shade
of water plants.
While fish are the most common life
forms in a pond, there are many other
animal species that live in and around
ponds. Other common pond animals are
snails, turtles, newts and salamanders.
Frogs and toads also live near ponds to
lay eggs and feed on mosquitoes, their
larvae as well as dragonflies and water
spiders. Birds that live near ponds and
feed on fish or pond plants and insects
include duck, geese, kingfishers and
herons.
Toad
Frog
kingfisher will eat
grasshoppers and
centipedes, and the
larger ones will take frogs,
reptiles, small mammals,
and even snakes.
Herons are predators;
hunting for fish, amphibians,
reptiles, insects and small
mammals.