There are many kinds of emergent plants, and the common emergent plants are: lotus, bowl lotus, reed, cattail, Zizania latifolia, onion, Arundo donax, Phyllostachys pubescens, Acorus calamus, Puwei, Black Mitsubishi and so on.

Generally, according to the lifestyle of aquatic plants, they are mainly divided into the following categories: emergent plants, floating plants, submerged plants and floating plants, emergent herbs. Among them, Sargassum was originally suitable for water-side growth.