Aquatic plants can be divided into four groups: algae, floating plants, submerged plants and emergent plants. Younger kids, however, are probably better off learning to pick out a representative of these four types of water plants without necessarily remembering the names of the categories to which they belong. Many small aquatic animals use plants such as duckweed for a home, or for protection from predators. Some other familiar examples of aquatic plants might include floating heart, water lily, lotus, and water hyacinth. Java Moss, Amazon Sword,Java Fern, Anubias and Anubias Nana, Crypt Wendtii, Cryptocorynes, Pygmy Chain Sword, Water Wisteria.