Pertaining to rooted and emergent foliage and creatures: The tiphicolous plants include cattails (tall erect herbs with sword-shaped leaves) and burreeds (plants that bear burs) that live in ponds or shallow water areas and the tiphicolous animals that include frogs and their tadpoles, turtles, worms, crayfish, and other crustaceans, insect larvae, and many fish; such as, perch, carp, and bass.