Species Cards

Water Plantain

Alisma plantago-aquatica

Group:

Plant, Herb

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Food chain :

Producer

What it eats :

Makes its own food from carbon dioxide and water, using sunlight energy.

Eaten by:

Water snails. Small flies visit the flowers.

Habitat:

PondPond

Description:

Water Plantain grows on the margins of ponds. It has triangular spikes of pinkish white flowers on long stalks. They are pollinated by insects.


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