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  2. Aerial root - Wikipedia

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    Aerial roots are roots growing above the ground. They are often adventitious, i.e. formed from nonroot tissue. They are found in diverse plant species, including epiphytes such as orchids (Orchidaceae), tropical coastal swamp trees such as mangroves, banyan figs (Ficus subg. Urostigma), the warm-temperate rainforest rata (Metrosideros robusta ...

  3. Epiphyte - Wikipedia

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    An epiphyte is a plant or plant-like organism that grows on the surface of another plant and derives its moisture and nutrients from the air, rain, water (in marine environments) or from debris accumulating around it. The plants on which epiphytes grow are called phorophytes. Epiphytes take part in nutrient cycles and add to both the diversity ...

  4. Aerenchyma - Wikipedia

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    Aerenchyma or aeriferous parenchyma [1] or lacunae, is a modification of the parenchyma to form a spongy tissue that creates spaces or air channels in the leaves, stems and roots of some plants, which allows exchange of gases between the shoot and the root. [2] The channels of air-filled cavities (see image to right) provide a low-resistance ...

  5. Canopy (biology) - Wikipedia

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    Canopy (biology) In biology, the canopy is the aboveground portion of a plant cropping or crop, formed by the collection of individual plant crowns. [1][2][3] In forest ecology, canopy refers to the upper layer or habitat zone, formed by mature tree crowns and including other biological organisms (epiphytes, lianas, arboreal animals, etc..).

  6. Aquatic plant - Wikipedia

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    Aquatic plants are plants that have adapted to living in aquatic environments (saltwater or freshwater). They are also referred to as hydrophytes or macrophytes to distinguish them from algae and other microphytes. A macrophyte is a plant that grows in or near water and is either emergent, submergent, or floating.

  7. Air Plants Don't Need Soil to Survive, But Here's What They ...

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    Air plants can be misted heavily, but it’s not always a foolproof method because it will need to be done daily until water runs off. Di Lallo prefers to dunk or soak the plants instead.

  8. Lichen - Wikipedia

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    A lichen (/ ˈlaɪkən / LY-kən, UK also / ˈlɪtʃən / LITCH-ən) is a hybrid colony of algae or cyanobacteria living symbiotically among filaments of multiple fungi species, along with a yeast embedded in the cortex or "skin", in a mutualistic relationship. [1][2][obsolete source][3][obsolete source][4][obsolete source][5] Lichens are ...

  9. Savanna - Wikipedia

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    Savanna. A tree savanna at Tarangire National Park in Tanzania in East Africa. A grass savanna at Kruger National Park in South Africa. A savanna or savannah is a mixed woodland - grassland (i.e. grassy woodland) biome and ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close.

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