Plants develop specific features to adapt to their environments, a process known as adaptation. There are various types of plants categorized by their habitats, such as terrestrial and aquatic plants, each exhibiting unique adaptations like leaf shapes and root structures. Examples include evergreen trees in high rainfall areas and floating plants with broad, waxy leaves in water.

3. – To adjust to their environment
– The plants of region
develop certain features, which help them to
adapt or survive well in their surroundings.
This characteristic feature is called
adaptation.
Adaptation is specific for particular group
of plants.

4. Types of plants
Terrestrial plants Aquatic plants
Plants that grow on the land Plants that grow on water

5. HILLY REGION
PLAIN REGION
DESERTS
MARSHY AREA
COASTAL
REGIONS
AREA OF HEAVY
RAINFALL

6. High altitude area with snow cover Trees are cone shaped Needle shaped leaves Flowers are modified into cone

7. Flat surface, high temperature Leaves fall during autumn season

8. Dry and very high temperature Leaves reduced into thorns, photosynthesis happens in stem

9. Sticky and clayey soil Roots grow out of the soil to breathe – breathing roots

10. Salty water and sandy soil Dispersal of seeds by water

11. Leaves are always green Trees are called evergreen trees

12. Fixed
plant
Fixed
plant
Floating plant
Underwater
plant

13. Roots are fixed to bottom of the pond Broad leaves with wax coating Stem hollow and light weight

14. Light and spongy stem
Small sized plants Float on water

15. Completely submerged under water Thin, narrow and long leaves

16. Do you know any other type of plants with special adaptation?
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