Question
Biology Question on soil as reservoir of essential elements
Plant grow in dry & saline soil is called
A
xerophyte
B
hydrophyte
C
halophyte
D
heliophyte
Answer
halophyte
Explanation
Solution
Xerophytes are those plants which grow in deserts or in very dry places. They can withstand a prolonged period of drought uninjured. Hydrophytes are those plants that grow in water or in very wet places. They may be submerged or partly submerged, floating or ambhibious. Heliophytes is a class of Raunkiaer?? life form whose system of vegetational classification is based on position of perrenating buds in relation to soil level. Heliophytes are those herbs whose buds lie in mud.