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  2. Xerophyte - Wikipedia

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    A xerophyte (from Ancient Greek ξηρός (xērós) 'dry' and φυτόν (phutón) '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.

  3. List of trees and shrubs by taxonomic family - Wikipedia

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    narrowleaf fig; willow-leaf fig; oleander-leaf fig Moraceae (mulberry family) Ficus nota: tibig Moraceae (mulberry family) Ficus obliqua: small-leaf fig Moraceae (mulberry family) Ficus petiolaris: rock fig; lava fig Moraceae (mulberry family) Ficus platypoda: desert fig; Australian fig Moraceae (mulberry family) Ficus pseudopalma: Philippine fig

  4. Casuarina - Wikipedia

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    Plants in the genus Casuarina are dioecious trees (apart from C. equisetifolia that is monoecious), with fissured or scaly greyish-brown to black bark. They have soft, pendulous, green, photosynthetic branchlets, the leaves reduced to scale-like leaves arranged in whorls of 5 to 20 around the branchlets.

  5. Succulent plant - Wikipedia

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    Not all xerophytes are succulents, since there are other ways of adapting to a shortage of water, e.g., by developing small leaves which may roll up or having leathery rather than succulent leaves. [8] Nor are all succulents xerophytes, as plants such as Crassula helmsii are both succulent and aquatic. [9] The center rosette of Aloe polyphylla

  6. Yucca brevifolia - Wikipedia

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    The Joshua tree is called "hunuvat chiy'a" or "humwichawa" by the indigenous Cahuilla. [11] It is also called izote de desierto (Spanish, "desert dagger"). [12] It was first formally described in the botanical literature as Yucca brevifolia by George Engelmann in 1871 as part of the Geological Exploration of the 100th meridian (or "Wheeler Survey").

  7. Deserts and xeric shrublands - Wikipedia

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    Xeric shrublands can experience woody plant encroachment, which is the thickening of bushes and shrubs at the expense of grasses. [5] This process is often caused by unsustainable land management practices, such as overgrazing and fire suppression, but can also be a consequence of climate change.

  8. Euphorbia - Wikipedia

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    Euphorbia as a small tree: Euphorbia dendroides. Euphorbia is a large and diverse genus of flowering plants, commonly called spurge, in the family Euphorbiaceae.. Euphorbias range from tiny annual plants to large and long-lived trees, [2] with perhaps the tallest being Euphorbia ampliphylla at 30 m (98 ft) or more.

  9. Glossary of leaf morphology - Wikipedia

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    The following terms are used to describe leaf morphology in the description and taxonomy of plants. Leaves may be simple (that is, the leaf blade or 'lamina' is undivided) or compound (that is, the leaf blade is divided into two or more leaflets). [1] The edge of the leaf may be regular or irregular, and may be smooth or have hair, bristles, or ...

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