Ecological parameter: growth form WIEGLEB, extended according to van de Weyer

Parameter group: life related parameters

Explanation:
The parameter charcterises the dominant growth form (morphology) of macrophytes as defined by Wiegleb (1991) and extended by van de Weyer (2018).

van de Weyer, K., Schmidt, C., Kreimeier, B. & Wassong, D. (2018): Bestimmungsschlüssel für die aquatischen Makrophyten in Deutschland. Ministerium für Ländliche Entwicklung, Umwelt und Landwirtschaft des Landes Brandenburg (Hrsg.), Fachbeiträge des LfU, Heft Nr. 119, 173pp.
Wiegleb, G. (1991): Lebens- und Wuchsformen der makrophytischen Wasserpflanzen und deren Beziehungen zur Ökologie, Verbreitung und Vergesellschaftung der Arten. Tuexenia 11: 135-147.

Abbreviations:

Category name:	Abbreviations:	Explanation:
batrachid	batrachid	macrophytes with floating and divided or undivided submerged leaves; anchored (e.g. Ranunculus - Batrachium, Shinnersia)
bryid	bryid	Bryophyta
ceratophyllid	ceratophyllid	pleustophytes (free floating) with large, divided, submerged leaves (e.g. Ceratophyllum, Utricularia)
charid	charid	submerged macrophytes with whorled branches; anchored by rhizoids (Charophyta)
elodeid	elodeid	submerged macrophytes with whorled sprouts and undivided, entire, small leaves; anchored (e.g. Egeria, Elodea, Hydrilla, Lagarosiphon)
equiseteid	equiseteid	shoots and leaves/branches with dentate sheaths, fertile plants with terminal sporangia (Equisetum)
graminoid	graminoid	Poaceae; anchored (e.g. Agrostis, Alopecurus, Glyceria, Phalaris)
herbid	herbid	submerged herbaceous plants; anchored (e.g. Berula, Cardamine, Mentha, Myosotis, Nasturtium, Sium, Veronica)
hydrocharid	hydrocharid	pleustophytes (free floating) with large floating leaves (Hydrocharis)
isoetid	isoetid	low-growing macrophytes with basal rosettes; anchored (e.g. Eleocharis, Isoetes, Litorella, Lobelia)
juncid	juncid	submerged macrophytes with undivided, narrow, entire, locular leaves (Juncus)
lemnid	lemnid	pleustophytes (free floating) with small, foliate floating sprouts (e.g. Azolla, Lemna, Spirodela, Wolffia)
magnonymphaeid	magnonymphaeid	macrophytes with large floating leaves attached to a submerged rhizome by an elongate petiole; anchored (e.g. Nymphaea, Nuphar)
magnopotamid	magnopotamid	submerged macrophytes with undivided, broad, entire leaves; anchored (e.g. Potamogeton lucens, Potamogeton perfoliatus)
myriophyllid	myriophyllid	submerged macrophytes with long stems and finely divided leaves; anchored (e.g. Cabomba, Myriophyllum, Oenanthe)
parvo-nymphaeid	parvo-nymphaeid	macrophytes with small floating leaves attached to a submerged rhizome by an elongate petiole; anchored (e.g. Sagittaria)
parvopotamid	parvopotamid	submerged macrophytes with undivided, slender, entire leaves; anchored (e.g. Potamogeton pectinatus, Zannichellia)
peplid	peplid	macrophytes with elongated or spathulate leaves forming a terminal rosette; anchored (e.g. Callitriche, Peplis portula)
ricciellid	ricciellid	small submerged pleustophytes (free floating), no differentiation in leaf and sprout (e.g. Riccia, Lemna trisulca)
stratioid	stratioid	weakly anchored to floating, partly submerged rosettes which overwinter on bottom of waterbody (Stratiotes)
vallisnerid	vallisnerid	macrophytes with long, floating basal leaves; anchored (e.g. Sparganium emersum f. vallisnerifolia, Vallisneria spiralis)

Assigned taxa for each higher systematic unit:

Taxagroup	Number of assigned taxa / total number of taxa - percentage
Bryopsida	213 / 213 - 100%
Charophyceae	45 / 52 - 86.5%
Liliopsida	131 / 361 - 36.2%
Lycopsida	7 / 12 - 58.3%
Magnoliopsida	13 / 20 - 65%
Marchantiopsida	61 / 62 - 98.3%
Polypodiopsida	11 / 19 - 57.8%
Rosopsida	118 / 399 - 29.5%
Sphenopsida	9 / 9 - 100%