What do hornworts eat?

Question

Hello. I am doing a science project, and one part of the project requires me to know what tropical hornworts eat.Or if they don't eat anything, what do they need to survive? Any special organism they feed off of? If you want to know, the scientific name of plant is Ceratophyllum submersum.

Diet of Hornwort;Ceratophyllum Submersum?

Answer 1

Your question has confused many as they did not care to read it completely and rushed to answer it.

You have asked about the diet of

' CERATOPHYLLUM SUBMERSUM ' this plant is also called 'Hornwort'

AND

There is a plant called 'HORNWORT ' Which is not related to the plant in question at all !!

Now coming back to Ceratophyllum submersum ; Kindly read the following information ----

Ceratophyllum is a cosmopolitan genus of flowering plants, commonly found in ponds, marshes, and quiet streams in tropical and in temperate regions.

They are usually called hornworts, although this name is also used for unrelated plants of the division Anthocerotophyta.

Ceratophyllum grows completely submerged, usually though not always floating on the surface, it doesn't tolerate drought.

The plant stems can reach over a meter in length. At intervals along nodes of the stem they produce rings of bright green leaves, which are narrow and often branched.

The forked leaves feel brittle and stiff to the touch.

The plants have no roots at all, but sometimes they develop modified leaves with a rootlike appearance, which anchor the plant to the bottom.

The flowers are small and don't attract attention, with the male and female flowers on the same plant. In ponds it forms thick buds in the autumn that sink to the bottom which give the impression that it has been killed by the frost but come spring these will grow back into the long stems slowly filling up the pond.

Because of their appearance and their high oxygen production, they are often used in freshwater aquaria.

Hornwort plants float in great numbers just under the surface.

They offer excellent protection to fish-spawn, but also to snails, infected with bilharzia.

SINCE IT IS A GREEN PLANT IT DOES NOT EAT ANYTHING ; BUT TAKES IN CO2 AND H2O AND PRODUCES ITS OWN FOOD !!!!

To see how it looks ; kindly click the link below--
http://www.rook.org/earl/bwca/nature/aquatics/Ceratophyllum_demersum.jpg
http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/boga/html/Ceratophyllum.demersum.ho13.JPG
http://www.plantedtank.net/images/plants/1015/main.jpg

Is it not a beautiful plant?

Answer 2

A hornwort is a nonvascular plant which uses photosynthesis to make its own food.

Answer 3

Only nutrients and water and carbon dioxide.
by defination hornworts r liverworts with slender horn like 2 valved capsules.

Answer 4

Wort is Germanish for "plant". They won't consume other organisms. Only nutrients and water and carbon dioxide.