Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In phytogeography, adapted to a climate which has a season first moist, then dry or (which is physiologically equivalent) cold. See
tropophyte .
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Examples
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Mangroves also flourish near tropophilous basimontane deciduous forests, with heights from 10 to 15 m, and emergent trees up to 20 m.
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Some mangrove stands are close to tropophilous semi-deciduous seasonal forests, characterized by one or two strata, and heights from 5 to 8 m, with emergent individuals up to 10-12 m.
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In Venezuela we used Huber and Alarcon, following their classification of "semi deciduous tropophilous medium forests", "semi deciduous tropophilous tall forests", "evergreen submontane ombrophilous forests", and "evergreen tall ombrophilous forests (south of the Delta)".
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The vegetation that develops there, due to the mass effect, includes the following types of vegetation: thorny plants located in the piedmont (0 a 300 m), deciduous basimontane tropophilous forests (300 to 550 m), cloud forests (550 a 700), Antillan scrubland (700 a 800), consisting of small trees with bush-like characteristics, and pseudo-paramo vegetation (800 to 830 m) with dwarf woody plants.
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