According to the lifestyle of aquatic plants, they are generally divided into the following categories: emergent plants, floating-leaf plants, submersed plants and free-floating plants.

Emergent plants: lotus, calamus, water onion, cattail, reed, etc.

Floating leaf plants: water lily, king lotus, water chestnut, waterlily, Tianziping, etc.

Submerged plants: black algae, hornwort, Vallisneria, gallweed, foxtail algae, etc.

Free-floating plants: Eichhornia crassipes, Dabiao, water turtle, Azolla, Sophora japonica, etc.