Nymphaea odorata

Biological Overview

Habitat
It lives around a lake or down a sluggish stream.

Diet
The water lilies don’t eat anything, but the bees eat the pollen.

Role in Ecosystem
By providing essential habitat, acting as a food source for wildlife improving water quality, and stabilizing the shoreline.

Behavior
The water lily grows on the top of water; its roots grow down into the lake.

Human Impact

Water lilies, primarily by introduced species, spread, alter water quality through nutrient runoff, and implement management techniques. Human impact to water lilies includes habitat destruction from dredging and land-use changes. Water lilies also go through habitat destruction, pollution, and the introduction of invasive species.

Creative Exploration

Life may not seem fun as a flower, I make it fun. My life as a water lily is long; years, maybe even decades if I’m lucky. I’ve been food for a lot of animals, like this one time I almost got eaten by a huge fish. It was only, like, two times bigger than me, but that was still a BIG fish. One time, I went to find a missing fish with a fish that was looking for his missing kid and I got lost because of the tide. I hope he found his daughter.

Wilson Cucul Tun, Ava Dileonardi, Leeam Wells

Book 6