Contrasting leaf shapes of floating and emergent freshwater aquatic plant life. Round floating leaves of White water- lily (Nymphaea alba), and Reeds

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Contrasting leaf shapes of floating and emergent freshwater aquatic plant life. Round floating leaves of the White water- lily (Nymphaea alba), and upright monocotylydon Reed (Phragmites sp.), each present a flat surface area to receive sunlight and so photosynthesise. Calthorpe Broad. NNR, Norfolk.

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