Biomimicry of greater club rush (Scirpus grossus L.f) and water mimosa (Neptunia oleracea Lour): Wetland plants inspiring innovative modular design

Abstract

Intersection of three, terrestrial, aerial and aquatic ecosystems create a rich biodiversity and abundance ecosystem services, wetlands. A study of the Greater Club Rush and Water Mimosa, which are aquatic plants, as provision services has grown well and mosaic ornamented in shallow swampy land, has been carried out in 2021. This research aims to elucidate those plants capability to adapt of flooding situation and may inspire us about basic industrial prototyping products. For those, we calculate population density, basal area, height, biomass, bending moment and cut the stalk section to find out multi-folded a stalk like-stem. Also, we measure the length of leaves and weight of aerenchyma. The result shows the stalk of the Greater Club Rush is very possible to stand still to reduce the speed of flooding water, and Mimosa capability to floating it stem and branches as guaranty for photosynthesis in high tide water. In conclusion, those two plants have strongly possibility to adapt in flooding condition and inspiring us as a natural master copy of floating creative industrial modular designs to overcome the fluctuation of water level in the era of climate change, multi-folded walls and Tsunami floating capsules.