These fish are not a burrowing species, nor do they hide under vegetative matter, restricting themselves to these crevices.
Occasionally, growth shoots of certain palms and some species of flowers are consumed, but otherwise vegetative matter appears rare in the diet.
They are omnivorous, feeding on insects, fish, and vegetative matter at the surface of the water.
By itself, this vegetative matter decays slowly.
Eventually, organic matter levels will rise as the plants begin to mature and dead vegetative matter decomposes.
They hasten decomposition of vegetative matter by eating and excreting it, thereby speeding nutrients to plants.
The black soil is lignite that was vegetative matter that grew along the floodplain.
The importance of vegetative matter in the diet of silver perch is still debated.
Once you see this show, you'll never again view a plant as mere vegetative matter.
Like most of the rest of the family, Pteryx are very small and live in rotting vegetative matter.
