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The Green Scene – Epiphytes

09.05.2015 - By archivePlay

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Epiphytes are plants that grows harmlessly upon another plant (such as a tree) and derives its moisture and nutrients from the air, rain, and sometimes from debris accumulating around it.  Epiphytes differ from parasites in that epiphytes grow on other plants for physical support and do not necessarily negatively affect the host. Epiphytes are usually found in the temperate zone or in the tropics.The term epiphytic derives from the Greek epi- (meaning ‘upon’) and phyton (meaning ‘plant’). Epiphytic plants are sometimes called “air plants” because they do not root in soil. However there are many aquatic species of algae such as seaweeds that are epiphytes on other aquatic plants

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