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Phreatophyte, the Glossary

Index Phreatophyte

A phreatophyte is a deep-rooted plant that obtains a significant portion of the water that it needs from the phreatic zone (zone of saturation) or the capillary fringe above the phreatic zone.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 27 relations: Alder, Alfalfa, Aquatic plant, Aquifer, Capillary fringe, Drylands, Estuary, Floodplain, Fraxinus, Fresh water, Greywater, Groundwater, Mediterranean climate, Mesophyte, Oak, Phreatic zone, Plant, Populus, Prosopis glandulosa, Reverse osmosis, Riparian zone, Root, Salt, Water table, Welwitschia, Willow, Xerophyte.

  2. Riparian zone

Alder

Alders are trees that compose the genus Alnus in the birch family Betulaceae.

See Phreatophyte and Alder

Alfalfa

Alfalfa (Medicago sativa), also called lucerne, is a perennial flowering plant in the legume family Fabaceae.

See Phreatophyte and Alfalfa

Aquatic plant

Aquatic plants are plants that have adapted to living in aquatic environments (saltwater or freshwater).

See Phreatophyte and Aquatic plant

Aquifer

An aquifer is an underground layer of water-bearing material, consisting of permeable or fractured rock, or of unconsolidated materials (gravel, sand, or silt).

See Phreatophyte and Aquifer

Capillary fringe

The capillary fringe is the subsurface layer in which groundwater seeps up from a water table by capillary action to fill pores.

See Phreatophyte and Capillary fringe

Drylands

Drylands are defined by a scarcity of water.

See Phreatophyte and Drylands

Estuary

An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea.

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Floodplain

A floodplain or flood plain or bottomlands is an area of land adjacent to a river.

See Phreatophyte and Floodplain

Fraxinus

Fraxinus, commonly called ash, is a genus of plants in the olive and lilac family, Oleaceae, and comprises 45–65 species of usually medium-to-large trees, most of which are deciduous trees, although some subtropical species are evergreen trees.

See Phreatophyte and Fraxinus

Fresh water

Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids.

See Phreatophyte and Fresh water

Greywater

Greywater (or grey water, sullage, also spelled gray water in the United States) refers to domestic wastewater generated in households or office buildings from streams without fecal contamination, i.e., all streams except for the wastewater from toilets.

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Groundwater

Groundwater is the water present beneath Earth's surface in rock and soil pore spaces and in the fractures of rock formations.

See Phreatophyte and Groundwater

Mediterranean climate

A Mediterranean climate, also called a dry summer climate, described by Köppen as Cs, is a temperate climate type that occurs in the lower mid-latitudes (normally 30 to 44 north and south latitude).

See Phreatophyte and Mediterranean climate

Mesophyte

Mesophytes are terrestrial plants which are adapted to neither particularly dry nor particularly wet environments. Phreatophyte and Mesophyte are plant morphology.

See Phreatophyte and Mesophyte

Oak

An oak is a hardwood tree or shrub in the genus Quercus of the beech family.

See Phreatophyte and Oak

Phreatic zone

The phreatic zone, saturated zone, or zone of saturation, is the part of an aquifer, below the water table, in which relatively all pores and fractures are saturated with water.

See Phreatophyte and Phreatic zone

Plant

Plants are the eukaryotes that form the kingdom Plantae; they are predominantly photosynthetic.

See Phreatophyte and Plant

Populus

Populus is a genus of 25–30 species of deciduous flowering plants in the family Salicaceae, native to most of the Northern Hemisphere.

See Phreatophyte and Populus

Prosopis glandulosa

Neltuma glandulosa, formerly Prosopis glandulosa, commonly known as honey mesquite, is a species of small to medium-sized, thorny shrub or tree in the legume family (Fabaceae).

See Phreatophyte and Prosopis glandulosa

Reverse osmosis

Reverse osmosis (RO) is a water purification process that uses a semi-permeable membrane to separate water molecules from other substances.

See Phreatophyte and Reverse osmosis

Riparian zone

A riparian zone or riparian area is the interface between land and a river or stream.

See Phreatophyte and Riparian zone

Root

In vascular plants, the roots are the organs of a plant that are modified to provide anchorage for the plant and take in water and nutrients into the plant body, which allows plants to grow taller and faster.

See Phreatophyte and Root

Salt

In common usage, salt is a mineral composed primarily of sodium chloride (NaCl).

See Phreatophyte and Salt

Water table

The water table is the upper surface of the zone of saturation.

See Phreatophyte and Water table

Welwitschia

Welwitschia is a monotypic genus (that is, a genus that contains a single recognised species) of gymnosperm, the sole described species being the distinctive Welwitschia mirabilis, endemic to the Namib desert within Namibia and Angola.

See Phreatophyte and Welwitschia

Willow

Willows, also called sallows and osiers, of the genus Salix, comprise around 350 species (plus numerous hybrids) of typically deciduous trees and shrubs, found primarily on moist soils in cold and temperate regions.

See Phreatophyte and Willow

Xerophyte

A xerophyte (from Greek ξηρός xeros 'dry' + φυτόν phuton 'plant') is a species of plant that has adaptations to survive in an environment with little liquid water. Phreatophyte and xerophyte are plant morphology.

See Phreatophyte and Xerophyte

See also

Riparian zone

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phreatophyte

Also known as Phreatophytic.