Hydrophyte definition
Hydrophyte or "hydrophytic vegetation" means a plant or plant life that grows in water, or in or on a substrate that is at least periodically deficient in oxygen as a result of saturation or flooding by groundwater or surface water.
Hydrophyte means plant life adapted to growth and reproduction under periodically saturated root zone conditions during at least a portion of the growing season. A listing of these plants can be found in the "National List of Plant Species that Occur in Wetlands: 1988-New Jersey" and amendments thereto, compiled by the USFWS, ACOE, EPA and the Natural Resources Conservation Service.
Hydrophyte means plant life adapted to growth and reproduction under periodically saturated root zone conditions during at least a portion of the growing season;
More Definitions of Hydrophyte
Hydrophyte means an aquatic plant growing in water or on a substrate (hydric soil) that is at least periodically deficient in oxygen where the water or waterlogged soil is too wet for most plants to survive. Examples of these plants can include: