Journal Entry- Michelle Xu

The aquatic flower pickerel weed at the species level is Pontederia Cordata, classified under the Pontederia genus, from the family of Pontederiaceae, branching from the order of Commenlinales. Furthermore, it is below the Monocotyledon class, then under the flowering plants (Anthophyta) phylum, and lastly the plantae kingdom within the Eukarya domain, fundamentally under all life.
Their specific adaptations are relatively diverse, however they have the common characteristic of having possession of traits that allow them to adapt to their wet ecosystem, such as organisms having physical traits that give them the ability to float, granting them the advantage of having resources of both land and water. This can be shown through ducks and swans use of feathers and hollow bones to float, giving predatory advantage as well as maintaining easy access to oxygen and duckweed using water surface tension to stay on the surface, which is advantageous as it allows them maximum sunlight and oxygen for their photosynthetic processes.
Water strider’s (Gerrini) adaption in water-based environment is their long hydrophobic legs, equipped for it stand and move on the water surface. Using water surface tension to their advantage, the hydrophobic micro hair on their legs allows its body to stay above the water, while the nature of their slender and long legs allows them to spread their weight evenly, overall able to travel on the water.

הועלה ב-ספטמבר 22, 2020 11:47 לפנה"צ על ידי

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