xerophytic

Xerophytic plants which live in the desert have special adaptations.

Xerophytic vegetation indicate a very low or no rainfall in the year.

Its waters are crystal clear and shallow, the vegetation is xerophytic.

It probably lives in xerophytic vegetation and is presumably an egg-laying species.

The xerophytic ecosystem is also known as dry woodland.

Three species of the so-called white-rayed complex are xerophytic.

Owing to very poor water holding capacity of the soil, these plants are provided with special xerophytic adaptations.

Its xerophytic adaptations (mentioned below) allow it to thrive under conditions most plants could not survive.

There is some xerophytic vegetation in the area and in the spring, the desert blooms.

To the south, the climate becomes more arid and the plants are dominated by xerophytic acacia.

To reduce this effect, xerophytic plants exhibit a variety of specialized adaptations to survive in such conditions.

The plants generally consist of xerophytic shrubs, especially oaks, with occasional pine trees.

This can in fact go so far as to allow year-round growth in areas that without irrigation could only support xerophytic plants.

Stylobasium is a genus of xerophytic shrubs in the family Surianaceae.

Some Xerophytic plants sit out a drought.

However, unlike most species of Tradescantia, this species is almost succulent and nearly xerophytic.

Astrebla is a small genus of xerophytic grasses endemic to Australia.

In hot deserts plants are called xerophytic meaning they are able to survive long dry periods.

Y. filifera can be cultivated in xerophytic conditions.

The plants are xerophytic evergreen shrubs and are known to accumulate aluminum.

The tropical thorn forests are dominated by xerophytic scrubs.

Tiny pores on the surface of a xerophytic plant called stomata may open only at night, so as to reduce evaporation.

This region receives less than 100mm rainfall annually, which is unusually dry even among xerophytic Sansevierias.

Encholirium horridum is a xerophytic bromeliad native to northeastern Brazil.

Xerophytic characters, not confined to dry-climate plants.