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A plant adapted to live in water, or in
waterlogged soil. Hydrophytes may have leaves
with a very reduced or absent cuticle and no
stomata (since there is no need to conserve
water), a reduced root and water-conducting
system, and less supporting tissue since
water buoys plants up. There are often
numerous spaces between the cells in their
stems and roots to make gas exchange with all
parts of the plant body possible. Many have
highly divided leaves, which lessens
resistance to flowing water, for example
spiked water milfoil Myriophyllum spicatum.