Examples of epiphyte in the following topics:
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- Epiphytic roots are a type of aerial root that enable a plant to grow on another plant in a non-parasitic manner.
- The banyan tree begins as an epiphyte, germinating in the branches of a host tree.
- The epiphytic roots of orchids develop a spongy tissue to absorb moisture and nutrients from any organic material on their roots.
- The (a) banyan tree, also known as the strangler fig, begins life as an epiphyte in a host tree.
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- In other cases, plants may be mutualistic symbionts, epiphytes, or insectivorous.
- An epiphyte is a plant that grows on other plants, but is not dependent upon the other plant for nutrition; it is non-parasitic.
- The epiphyte derives its moisture and nutrients from the air, rain, and sometimes from debris accumulating around it instead of from the structure to which it is fastened.
- Epiphytes have two types of roots: clinging aerial roots (which absorb nutrients from humus that accumulates in the crevices of trees) and aerial roots (which absorb moisture from the atmosphere).
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- Desert plant (xerophytes) and plants that grow on other plants (epiphytes) have limited access to water.
- Xerophytes and epiphytes often have a thick covering of trichomes or stomata that are sunken below the leaf's surface.
- (a) Xerophytes, like this prickly pear cactus (Opuntia sp.) and (b) epiphytes such as this tropical Aeschynanthus perrottetii have adapted to very limited water resources.
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- They can also be found in wetlands, including salt-marshes, and are associated with epiphytic plants.
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- For instance, epiphytes are plants that grow on other plants.
- Epiphytes are found throughout tropical wet forest biomes.
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- Orchids are epiphytes that form small seeds without much storage to sustain germination and growth.