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The vegetation of the Danube Delta is extremely
rich. Estimates show that 1150 species of plants grow here. The following
herbaceous plants can be mentioned: the white water lilyand the yellow
water lily,the frogbit,the water plantain,the water caltrop,the common
reed, the mace reed,the water fern,the water cock sorrel,the water poison
hemlock,,etc.The floating reed islet is an association of aquatic plants
whose roots are interwoven with the rhizomes of common reed( rhizomes
of dry common reed and humus), thus forming up a kind of " floating islands"
with a width of up to 1 m.Sometimes, they break into smaller pieces which
are either gone with the wind or carried down by water.A formation of
floating reed islet consists of about 20 plants arranged into a certain
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| Common reed alongwith ferns and horsemint grow
on these floating reed islets while in the waters surrounding one can
notice firwood ……….. Representative for the wood vegetation are: the white
willow,the poplar, the alder tree, the ashtree, the combined forests of
Letea and Caraorman bank ridges tops.The vegetation of the Danube delta
also has a rare(floating) carnivorous,aquatic plant named Aldrovanda.
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