Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the character of a halophyte; halophilous: as, a halophytic plant.
- Adapted to the growth of halophytes: as, a halophytic region.
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- adjective Growing well under salty conditions
Etymologies
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Examples
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Protected coves and lagoons are dominated by red, white, black and button mangrove swamps of Rhizophora mangle, Avicennia germinans, Laguncularia racemosa and Conocarpus erecta with the halophytic herbs Sesuvium spp., which are rich nursery and breeding grounds for fish, invertebrates and birds.
Galápagos National Park & Galápagos Marine Resources Reserve, Ecuador 2009
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A dominant pedogenic process is salinization, which produces areas of salt crust where only salt-loving (halophytic) plants can survive.
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High surface and subsurface salinity, extensive barren areas, and halophytic vegetation differentiate it from other ecoregions.
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AFP/Getty Images The Sundarbans, the largest single block of tidal halophytic mangrove forest in the world, near Khulna.
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The vegetation of the saline coastline, mudflats and islands is halophytic, predominantly Sesuvium portulocastrum, Salsola baryosma, Salicornia senegalensis (R), Suaeda fruticosa and Arthrocnemon spp.
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Large areas on the alluvial saline plains are characterized by halophytic plant communities including Artemisia pauciflora, A. schrenkiana, A. nitrosa and perennial saltwort (Atriplex cana, Anabasis salsa, and Camphorosma monspeliaca).
Kazakh semi-desert 2008
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Although White does not separate the northern African from the southern African halophytic areas, experts felt that the geographic distance between and the significant differences in the floristic and faunistic composition were sufficient to justify separating the areas into separate ecoregions.
Saharan halophytics 2008
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According to Huber and Alarcón, vegetation of the coastal range of Margarita and Araya-Paria peninsula, including the coast of the isthmus and mainland, is characterized by halophytic and psamophylic coastal herbs, and littoral xerophytic thorn scrubs.
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The linework for this ecoregion is taken directly from the ‘halophytic vegetation’ unit of White.
Saharan halophytics 2008
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These are being replaced by more halophytic Ammi visnaga and Scolymus maculatus.
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