Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In phytogeography, having coriaceous leaves: said of vegetation; favorable to vegetation with such leaves: said of conditions. Sclerophyllous plants are found in all xerophytic formations, but are commonest in mild temperate regions with wet winters and dry summers. See
garrigue andmaqui .
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- adjective Being a
sclerophyll , a hard leaved plant adapted to arid climate.
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Examples
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At the higher elevations, the subhumid forest, also referred to as sclerophyllous montane forest, holds canopy trees that are 10 to 12 m in height, including species from the families Rubiaceae, Lauraceae, Verbenaceae and Ericaceae.
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The vegetation on these nutrient-poor soils is sclerophyllous low scrub or low forest with a more open canopy.
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Of particular botanical interest are the white clay soils in the region of Bajo Calima in Colombia, which are associated with the gigantic sclerophyllous leafed and unusually large fruited vegetation.
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Southwest Iberian Mediterranean sclerophyllous and mixed forests
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The distinctive flora of the Cape Floral Region, comprising 80% of its floristic richness, is a sclerophyllous shrubland known as fynbos (fine bush), a fine-leaved vegetation adapted to both the Mediterranean type of climate and to periodic fires and defined by location or dominant species such as coastal, mountain or grassy or proteoid fynbos.
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Tyrrhenian-Adriatic sclerophyllous and mixed forests
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At higher elevations, the typical Mediterranean sclerophyllous vegetation grades up to Nothofagus forest.
Biological diversity in the Chilean winter rainfall-valdivian forests 2009
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Aegean and Western Turkey sclerophyllous and mixed forests
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There are also numerous adaptation examples of succulent sclerophyllous species with photosynthetic stalks or bark, short and synchronous flowering periods, and large deep roots all.
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These communities, usually dominated by sclerophyllous shrubs of the family Ericaceae, occur on the higher mountains above the forest zone in a range of moisture and substrate conditions, although examples may be found at lower elevations in areas of shallow soil and frequent mists.
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