Floating-leaved Plants Cloze Reading Passage

Name: ________________________________________________________

Class Period:______________________ Date:______________________

Floating-leaved plants are primarily rooted to bottom _________ and also have leaves that float on the water's _________. Water lilies, spatterdock, and _________ are examples of floating-leaved plants. These plants are generally found growing along the ________. 

Floating-leaved plants perform many functions: they provide a source of __________ and habitat for wildlife and fish. And they can also help reduce shoreline _________.  If a lake is shallow enough, _________  floating-leaved plants can _________ completely across the lake.

Word Bank 

erosion        food       grow     lotus   

rooted   sediments      shoreline     surface

A collaboration of the UF/IFAS Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants
and the Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Invasive Plant Management.
UE/EA 6/08/06
SSS: SC.F.1.2, SC.F.2.2, SC.G.1.2, SC.G.2.2, SC.H.1.2, SC.H.3.2, LA.A.1.2