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Hydrophytic plant adaptations

buttressed trunks \| aerenchyma tissue \| shallow roots \| fluted trunks \| adventitious roots inflated stems \| floating leaves \| knees \| polymorphic leaves \| stooling \| hypertrophied lenticels

	Polymorphic leaves Some herbaceous plants produce different types of leaves, depending on the water level at the time of leaf formation. (Caution: many upland plants also produce polymorphic leaves.)