Saturday, 31 July 2010

Marsh - coon tail


Coontail

Order: Ceratophyllales
Family: Ceratophllaceae
Genus Ceratophyllum
Species demersum

CHaracteristics
-dark olive-green, rootless that is submerged perennial, often in dense colonies,
-leaves are relatively stiff, whorled with many forks, small teeth along one edge.
-fruit - small nut

Adaptations
-are in temperate and tropical. Food source and habitat for aquatic life.

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