Flexi Says: Plants live just about everywhere on Earth, so they have evolved adaptations that allow them to survive and reproduce under a diversity of conditions. Various plants have evolved adaptations to live in the water, in very dry environments, or in the air as epiphytes. Aquatic plants have bowl-shaped flowers and broad, flat leaves that float that allows them to collect the maximum amount of sunlight, which does not penetrate very deeply below the water's surface. Xerophytes have wide root systems that allow them to gather as much moisture as possible from rare rainfalls. Being elevated above the ground lets epiphytes get out of the shadows on the forest floor so they can get enough sunlight for photosynthesis.
