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  2. Aquatic plant - Wikipedia

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    Aquatic plants require special adaptations for living submerged in water, or at the water's surface. The most common adaptation is the presence of lightweight internal packing cells, aerenchyma, but floating leaves and finely dissected leaves are also common.

  3. Xerophyte - Wikipedia

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    A xerophyte (from Greek ξηρός xeros 'dry' + φυτόν phuton 'plant') is a species of plant that has adaptations to survive in an environment with little liquid water. Examples of xerophytes include cacti, pineapple and some gymnosperm plants. The morphology and physiology of xerophytes are adapted to conserve water during dry periods.

  4. Arctic vegetation - Wikipedia

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    Arctic vegetation. About 1,702 species of plants live on the Arctic tundra, including flowering plants, short shrubs, herbs, grasses, and mosses. These plants are adapted to short, cold growing seasons. [1] They have the ability to withstand extremely cold temperatures in the winter (winter hardiness), and grow and reproduce in summer ...

  5. Mangrove - Wikipedia

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    Mangroves are hardy shrubs and trees that thrive in salt water and have specialised adaptations so they can survive the volatile energies of intertidal zones along marine coasts. A mangrove is a shrub or tree that grows mainly in coastal saline or brackish water. Mangroves grow in an equatorial climate, typically along coastlines and tidal rivers.

  6. Category:Plants by adaptation - Wikipedia

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    Plants by adaptation. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Plants by adaptation. This is a container category. Due to its scope, it should contain only subcategories.

  7. Wolffia - Wikipedia

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    Wolffia is a genus of aquatic plants with a cosmopolitan distribution. [1] They include the smallest flowering plants on Earth. [2] Commonly called watermeal or duckweed, [3][4] these aquatic plants resemble specks of cornmeal floating on the water. They often float together in pairs or form floating mats with related plants, such as Lemna and ...

  8. Adaptation - Wikipedia

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    Adaptation is the evolutionary process whereby an organism becomes better able to live in its habitat or habitats. [25][26][27] 2. Adaptedness is the state of being adapted: the degree to which an organism is able to live and reproduce in a given set of habitats. [28]

  9. Alpine plant - Wikipedia

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    Alpine plant. Alpine plants are plants that grow in an alpine climate, which occurs at high elevation and above the tree line. There are many different plant species and taxa that grow as a plant community in these alpine tundra. [1] These include perennial grasses, sedges, forbs, cushion plants, mosses, and lichens. [2]

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