Examples of 'epiphytic' in a sentence
Meaning of "epiphytic"
epiphytic (adjective) - used to describe plants that grow harmlessly on other plants and rely on them for physical support but not for nutrients, commonly seen in tropical rainforests
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- Of or pertaining to an epiphyte
- Synonym of epiphyte
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There are many epiphytic orchids and bromeliads.
The evolution and diversification of epiphytic ferns.
Effects of deposition on epiphytic lichen species are comparatively strong.
Such cacti are classed as epiphytes or epiphytic cacti.
The plant grows as an epiphytic or lithophytic orchid.
The epiphytic relationship is thought to be beneficial to the host.
It has been recorded as epiphytic in some northern sites.
This epiphytic orchid lacks pseudobulbs.
Difficulty in the fixing of epiphytic communities.
Generally epiphytic at the low littoral.
Eucalypt microbiome is composed by endophytic and epiphytic microrganisms.
Many examples of epiphytic microorganisms exist.
Epiphytic orchids may also be observed growing in trees.
Both trees can be epiphytic or hemiepiphytic.
Russelliana usually grows on trees epiphytic.
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Phalaenopsis is an epiphytic orchid it lives in trees.
Aerides emericii is a species of epiphytic orchid.
These are epiphytic or lithophytic orchids.
The plant is a climbing epiphytic fern.
An epiphytic organism that is not a plant is sometimes called an epibiont.
The occurrence of epiphytic lichens decreased.
The species is almost always epiphytic.
Circular distribution of an epiphytic herb on trees in a subtropical rain forest.
It also has the greatest number of epiphytic species.
Epiphytic mosses and lichens are very sensitive to air pollution.
They primarily feed on epiphytic crustaceans.
Epiphytic and endophytic colonisation.
Comparettia speciosa is an epiphytic species of orchid.
Species in the order are robust pleurocarpous mosses that are epiphytic.
This is true of many epiphytic plants.
Some primary epiphytic species have a symbiotic relationship with ants.
There are diverse species of epiphytic bacteria.
Many epiphytic plants and lianas grow among the branches.
These differences could be attributed to epiphytic algal photosynthesis.
These tiny epiphytic and rarely lithophytic orchids lack pseudobulbs.
Guarianthe aurantiaca is epiphytic and lithophytic.
Examples of epiphytic lichens used for overall air quality biomonitoring.
Rhipsalis is a genus of epiphytic cacti.
The epiphytic crustaceans also match the color of their plant habitat.
Earina mucronata is generally epiphytic but occasionally grows as a lithophyte.
The nest is located in a tree hole or amongst epiphytic growth.
Lithophytic or epiphytic in dry forests.
These forests are also characterized by a high incidence of epiphytic plants.
Changes in epiphytic lichens.
One important characteristic of the area is total absent of epiphytic species.
The bromeliad aechmea setigera is an epiphytic species native to southwestern amazonia.
The epiphytic types of orchid are the most popular for growing indoors.
The plant is an epiphytic fern.
Invertebrates and epiphytic algae provide much of the food for other organisms.
It is probably feeding on epiphytic hydroids.
