How To Use Xerophytic In A Sentence
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Xerophytic and in some places halophytic plant communities of the desert and semi-desert are dominant, with azonal vegetation in the larger river-valleys and around the lakes.
Great Lakes Basin desert steppe
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A collection of cacti xerophytic plants - over 800 specimens - is exhibited in the nearby cactus house.
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Below the Douglas-fir belt, ponderosa pine is dominant to the west of the continental divide, constituting a xerophytic forest.
Middle Rocky Mountain Steppe - Coniferous Forest - Alpine Meadow Province (Bailey)
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It is true that sandy uplands have forests of loblolly and slash pine, and that baldcypress is a dominant tree in swamps; but such vegetation represents either xerophytic and hydrophytic forms in excessively dry or wet habitats, or second-growth forest following fire and deforestation.
Outer Coastal Plain Mixed Forest Province (Bailey)
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Exodermis with Casparian bands was found in roots of hydrophytic, mesophytic and xerophytic species and in members of primitive as well as advanced families.
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xerophytic adaptations
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It indicated that the spatial distribution for the rodent damage of the xerophytic peanut pods belongs to the aggregated distribution.
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Mean annual temperature is 20 • 8°C with a seasonal variation of 16 • 2°C, and a mean daily range of 20°C. Vegetation consists of xerophytic scrub or Chihuahuan Desert scrub.
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The region is characterized by dry-desert vegetation, a class of xerophytic plants that are widely dispersed and provide negligible ground cover.
Tropical-Subtropical Desert Division (Bailey)
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On the plains of northwestern Texas and eastern New Mexico, xerophytic grasses (blue grama and buffalo grass) are the characteristic vegetation.
Southwest Plateau and Plains Dry Steppe and Shrub Province (Bailey)
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Temperate desert climates support the sparse xerophytic shrub vegetation typical of semidesert.
Temperate Desert Division (Bailey)
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Particular attention was given to the spatial distribution of genetic variation, which could support the existence of a reservoir of genetic diversity for xerophytic vegetation in northwestern Venezuela.
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The principal species are xerophytic and include the cactus species Bursera graveolens, Croton scouleri, Brachycereus nesioticus, Jasminocereus thouarsii (R) and Opuntia echios ssp.
Galápagos National Park & Galápagos Marine Resources Reserve, Ecuador
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Semidesert comprising xerophytic cushion grasses occur above 1,000 m.
Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina
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Temperate desert climates support the sparse xerophytic shrub vegetation typical of semidesert.
Temperate Desert Division (Bailey)
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The answer is to choose ones thathave xerophytic modifications, which means they hang on to water for as long as possible.
Gardens: Roof gardens
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Make an alphabetical list of all your lovable qualities from adorably brilliantly cool to xerophytic, youthful and zymotic.
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Many succulents possess CAM, as do semisucculents such as some yuccas, epiphytic (growing on trees or rocks) orchids, and xerophytic (arid-adapted) bromeliads.
Adaptations of desert plants
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Dominant species include the cold-tolerant, xerophytic shrub, Haloxylon ammodendron (Goosefoot Family Chenopodiaceae), the tamarisk (Reaumuria spp.), and the gymnosperm Ephedra przewalski.
Qaidam Basin semi-desert
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Dry eucalypt forests are very open, typically dominated by peppermint eucalypts (subgenus Monocalyptus series Piperitae) more than 5 meters in height, with a scattered layer of small xerophytic species, such as Acacia, Allocasuarina, and Exocarpos spp. in the understory Eucalyptus amygalina, E. pulchella, and E. viminalis are all found in this ecoregion.
Tasmanian temperate forests
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Principle communities include tussock grasslands of Stipa spp. and xerophytic cushion grasses of Poa spp. interspersed with bushes of Schinus magellanicus and Condalia microphilia, among other species.
Península Valdés, Argentina
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The semi-desert cover is a xerophytic shrub vegetation accompanied by a poorly developed herbaceous layer.
Temperate Steppe Division (Bailey)
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Many succulents possess CAM, as do semisucculents such as some yuccas, epiphytic (growing on trees or rocks) orchids, and xerophytic (arid-adapted) bromeliads.
Adaptations of desert plants
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Exodermis with Casparian bands was found in roots of hydrophytic, mesophytic and xerophytic species and in members of primitive as well as advanced families.
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cacti are xerophytic plants
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Haloxylon persicum is a stem-succulent xerophytic shrub, which only occurs in non-saline sandy deserts.
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The ecology of different Ca physiotypes is thought to reflect their ability to utilize Ca as an osmoticum in primarily xerophytic, calcareous environments.
