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CALCIFUGE PLANT [1 record]

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Record 1 2011-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Biology
  • Soil Science
  • Geochemistry
DEF

A plant not suited by calcareous soil, that tends to avoid calcareous soils, that grows best in acid soil.

CONT

Several other blue-fruiting calcifuges.

OBS

May survive, but not thrive, on lime-rich soil.

Key term(s)
  • calciphobic plant
  • lime-fearing plant

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie végétale
  • Science du sol
  • Géochimie
DEF

[...] plante qui ne pousse pas dans les terrains calcaires, qui se localise sur les sols siliceux.

OBS

Voir aussi «silicole».

Spanish

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