LECTURE 6: vegetation systems

Question 1

different classification of plants depending on moisture

Answer 1

hydrophytes, hygrophytes, xerophytes, phreatophytes, mesophytes

Question 2

different classification of plants depending on soil

Answer 2

halophytes(saline soils), acidophil(acid soils), calcicole (alkaline soils)

Question 3

classification of plants via physiognomy

Answer 3

woody(shrubs, lianas) or herbaceous(graminoids or forbs)

Question 4

what are some adaptations to moisture deficiet in plants

Answer 4

lack leaves or round shape, water storage tissue, hollow stems, deep roots for ground water, short life cycle

Question 5

what are hydrophytes, hygrophytes, xerophytes, phreatophytes and mesophytes

Answer 5

hydro: lives in water, hygro: saturated soils, xero: dry soils, phreato: water from ground water, meso: neither wet nor dry