Water lilies are very well adapted to their habitats. They live and grow on the edges of shallow water, lakes, or ponds. They are rooted under water, but their leaves are afloat so they can get what

The water lilies have broad, flat floating leaves that let them gather the maximum amount of sunlight since this does not permeate the water's surface very deeply. The also possess stomata in the upper epidermis to enable them absorb carbondioxide.