Question

1. What is an example of an Emergent plant found in California Wetlands? Please describe their hydrology, water depth, and whether it is diurnal.

Answer 1

Ans) yellow water lily (Nuphar lutea) plants are emergant plants as they their stem and leaves are above the water surface and roots are deeply rooted in bottom of wetland.

Hydrology - they are hydrophytes as grow along the shore/edge of waterland.

Water depth-Water Lily plants usually grow in water where the water depth is  0.5 - 2.0 but Yellow Water Lilies also have been recorded to be grown in   depths of up to 3.6m (10-12feet)

Water lily are diurnal as their flower bloom during daytime.