Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, preferring or habitually growing in soil impregnated with salt, or various salts, as maritime plants.
- In zoology, inhabiting salt marshes and sea-coasts.
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Examples
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Atropis distans-Limonium gmelinii association: This association does not form a continuous belt but rather grows in patches; it is less halophilous than the species below.
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In the desert coastal areas of western Venezuela, mangrove forests are associated with xerophilous littoral scrubs, and halophilous and psammophilous littoral meadows.
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Other types of vegetation are cactus scrub, xerophilous open woodland, rock associations, psammophilous associations, and halophilous associations.
Argentine Monte 2007
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