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LITHOPHILOUS [1 record]

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Record 1 2012-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Biology
  • Biogeography
  • Ecology (General)
DEF

Applied to ... plants growing upon rocks.

CONT

Many mosses are completely lithophytic in early stages of development whilst later they figure as land-plants.

OBS

Applied also to insects living in stony places.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie végétale
  • Biogéographie
  • Écologie (Généralités)
DEF

Se dit des plantes qui croissent sur les roches.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Biología vegetal
  • Biogeografía
  • Ecología (Generalidades)
OBS

Dícese de las plantas terrestres que viven en suelos rocosos secos.

OBS

[No confundir con el término «saxícola», que se dice de un] vegetal que se cría entre rocas.

Key term(s)
  • litófita
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