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Meaning of "xeric"
Xeric (adjective): Used to describe a climate or environment that is extremely dry, desert-like
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- very dry, lacking humidity and water
- Adapted to live in a very dry habitat
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The others are xeric and hydric.
Xeric sand calcareous grasslands.
Deserts and xeric shrubland.
Xeric and calcareous grasslands.
Its ability to thrive in such xeric conditions is a bit of a conundrum.
The plant grows in subalpine climate and prefers xeric habitats.
Mediterranean xeric grasslands.
Environments subject to arid climates tend to lack vegetation and are called xeric or desertic.
Sandhills are xeric because they have poor water holding capacity.
The term usually applies to a sloped or mountainous terrain in xeric and desert climates.
Dyckia is a known xeric genus with its diversity center in the brazilian cerrado.
The combined effects of desiccation and irradiance on mosses from xeric and hydric habitats.
They include xeric scrublands in the extreme northwest and coastal mangrove forests in the northeast.
They have also been observed in more xeric environments including sagebrush steppes.
The primary ecoregion of the province is the central Afghan mountains xeric woodlands.
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The most representative habitats include xeric microphyll scrublands and xeric shrubs and cacti.
The southern tip of the peninsula lies within the San Lucan xeric scrub ecoregion.
A secondary vegetation of bushes and xeric meadows locally occupies the steps or the weak slopes.
The vegetation of Béni Abbès consists mainly of xeric species.
The natural vegetation near the coast is xeric featuring cacti and other desert plants.
The xeric shrublands are in the Coastal Cordillera geographical region.
This zone represents the transition between xeric shrublands and moister dry forests.
The xeric Northwestern thorn scrub forests occupy the plains of Pakistan and the Indian Punjab.
It is part of the deserts and xeric shrublands biome and the Palearctic realm.
To the northwest it adjoins the La Costa xeric shrublands.
Deserts and xeric shrublands in the United States.
Thar desert Deserts and xeric shrublands.
Xeric to mesic ; may be seasonally saturated.
This coastal strip is part of the Ethiopian xeric grasslands and shrublands ecoregion.
Most of the family 's diversity is located in temperate or arid areas warm temperate xeric.
UNLV was also recognized for managing the xeric demonstration garden and for its recycling efforts.
This region is now largely dry Central Ranges xeric scrubland.
Deserts are also present, showing xeric shrubland vegetation in the region.
The Mojave Desert is defined by numerous mountain ranges creating its xeric conditions.
The Grand Bara is part of the Ethiopian xeric grasslands and shrublands ecoregion.
The upper basin was formerly covered by tropical dry forest, thorn forest, and xeric shrublands.
Socotra Island xeric shrublands.
However, little is known about their ecology and behavior in these xeric environments.
Ephialtes prefer xeric conditions, and were rarely found in more humid areas.
The surrounding area belongs to the West Saharan montane xeric woodlands ecoregion.
Peltophryne fluviatica occurs in xeric habitats with broadleaf gallery forest, usually close to streams.
The Mediterranean xeric.
Caribou also used predominantly mesic to xeric sites, while muskoxen used primarily wet meadows.
Since its soil has low water-holding capacity its vegetation is more xeric than expected.
He finally got a Xeric Grant, so this book looks gorgeous.
This study showed that Z. ephialtes is an important part of xeric habitats.
Nullarbor Plain xeric shrublands.
Habitat, Xeric microphyll scrublands, pine forests, halophytic vegetation of coastal dunes, mangroves, and coastal lagoons.
Aldabra Island xeric scrub.
Krasser near the xeric limit of its distribution in northern Patagonia, Argentina.
