epiphyte


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epiphyte

a plant such as some mosses and some orchids, that grows attached to another and uses it solely for purposes of support, doing it no harm, there being no parasitic association.
Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
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Vascular epiphyte distribution patterns: explaining the mid-elevation richness peak.
Distribucion geografica de angiospermas epifitas de la region terrestre prioritaria Cerros Negro-Yucano, Oaxaca, Mexico
Bellavista, Distrito Alto Biavo, alrededores de la comunidad San Miguel, montane cloud forest with abundant moss and epiphytes, 8[grados]28'17.4"S, 75[grados]15'34.7"W, 750-800 m, July 2018, R Soplin s.n.
Confirmacion de una disyuncion a escala continental del helecho Campyloneurum decurrens (Polypodiaceae)
arrecta has a great plasticity, growing as an epiphyte life form over drifting floating macrophyte mats.
Aquatic macrophyte mats as dispersers of one invasive plant species
Therefore, arboreal wandering spider species should occur at greater heights and in greater densities on structurally complex host trees with many epiphytes than on less complex trees with few epiphytes.
Vertical distribution of wandering spiders in Central America
Caption: Figure 2: Dry savanna environment (a) and phorophyte with epiphyte soil in dry savanna (b).
Humification and Humic Acid Composition of Suspended Soil in Oligotrophous Environments in South Vietnam
Habitat isolation changes the beta diversity of the vascular epiphyte community in lower montane forest, Veracruz, Mexico.
Relacion entre variables del forofito y la riqueza de epifitas vasculares en los Pantanos de Centla, Tabasco, Mexico/Relationship between phorophyte variables and vascular epiphyte richness in the Pantanos de Centla, Tabasco, Mexico
Nitrogen-15 natural abundance in a montane cloud forest canopy as an indicator of nitrogen cycling and epiphyte nutrition.
The role of arthropods in the growth of Tillandsia violacea (Bromeliaceae) in a Mexican temperate forest
The climatic seasonality observed in the region can be identified as an important factor for epiphyte richness, since it depends on atmospheric moisture for water and nutrients uptake (Benzing, 1990).
Vascular epiphytes in seasonal semideciduous forest in the State of Espirito Santo and the similarity with other seasonal forests in Eastern Brazil/Epifitas vasculares em floresta estacional semidecidual no estado do Espirito Santo e similaridade com outras florestas estacionais no Leste do Brasil
Dawson JW (1966) Vegetative features of Griseliniea lucida--A New Zealand shrub epiphyte. Tuatara 14: 121-129.
Relevant aspects about the natural history of strangler hemiepiphyte plants/Aspectos relevantes sobre la historia natural de las plantas hemiepifitas estranguladoras/Aspectos relevantes sobre a historia natural das plantas hemiepifitas estranguladoras

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