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Hydrophyte (Noun)

A plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth.

Nouns denoting plants.

Seaweed is an example of a hydrophyte that floats freely on the ocean surface.
Cattails and sedges are types of hydrophytes commonly found in marshes and bogs.
A particularly common invasive hydrophyte is the Eurasian watermilfoil.
Kelp and Irish moss are just a few of the edible hydrophytes humans use for nutrition.
Because lotus roots need plenty of mud for nutrition, farmers harvest lotus seeds underwater by selecting fully ripe fruits to aid a developing seed production - seeds were easily exposed.