Spike pushed his glasses up his nose again - they still didn't like to stay put, even nine months later - before scribbling some more notes. His quill tucked behind his ear, Spike raised his hand for the next question.

"Ones that aren't prone to root rot," Spike said, unsure if Bentley was after a general group of plants, or something more specific. "After all, they have to survive in stagnant water, an ideal location for fungi to effect roots..." And this was more likely in freshwater, since salt could kill plenty of stuff like that.

Talking of fungi, Spike could give a more unusual specific answer. "One way of avoiding that, of course, is to not live in the water itself, but on or in something caused by that water - for example old rotten logs that have fallen from the trees." He paused, thinking about the plant he was about to mention. Oh how he'd love to see one! "A rare but rather cool example of a fungus that does exactly that is the Blaze Again Button, though plenty of others do too."