Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the character of or pertaining to psammophytes; psammophilous.
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Covering 18,604 km2, this protected area is home to an estimated 1,000 indigenous vascular plant species including semi-desert, psammophytic and halophytic vegetation and most of the 150 endemic species of the central deserts.
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Dominated by a vast salt desert in the north and smaller areas of very hot sand and gravel desert in the east, the area’s vegetation ranges from sagebrush to saltland and psammophytic plants and includes chernopodiaceous communities in Afghanistan.
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