sclerophyllous plant

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• Eastern Mediterranean conifer-sclerophyllous-broadleaf forests — The Eastern Mediterranean conifer sclerophyllous broadleaf forests is a Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and shrub ecoregion of the eastern Mediterranean Basin.ettingThe ecoregion covers an area of 143,800 square kilometers (55,500 square miles) …   Wikipedia

• Sclerophyll — Fynbos in South Africa Sclerophyll is the term for a type of vegetation that has hard leaves and short internodes (the distance between leaves along the stem). The word comes from the Greek sclero (hard) and phyllon (leaf). Sclerophyllous plants… …   Wikipedia

• cycadophyte — ▪ plant Introduction       any member of a diverse collection of mostly extinct primitive gymnospermous plants. They probably had their origins among the progymnosperms of the Devonian Period (416 to 359 million years ago), possibly among a… …   Universalium

• temperate forest — ▪ ecology Introduction  vegetation type with a more or less continuous canopy of broad leaved trees. Such forests occur between approximately 25° and 50° latitude in both hemispheres (seeFigure 1 >). Toward the polar regions they grade into… …   Universalium

• Mediterranean Basin — In biogeography, the Mediterranean Basin refers to the lands around the Mediterranean Sea that have a Mediterranean climate, with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers, which supports characteristic Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub… …   Wikipedia

• Australia — /aw strayl yeuh/, n. 1. a continent SE of Asia, between the Indian and the Pacific oceans. 18,438,824; 2,948,366 sq. mi. (7,636,270 sq. km). 2. Commonwealth of, a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, consisting of the federated states and… …   Universalium

• Anatolia — For other uses, see Anatolia (disambiguation). For the novel by Felice Picano, see An Asian Minor. Coordinates …   Wikipedia

• Forest — This article is about a community of trees. For other uses, see Forest (disambiguation). A conifer forest in the Swiss Alps (National Park) …   Wikipedia

• Cuban dry forests — The Cuban dry forests are a tropical dry forest ecoregion that occupies 65,800 km2 (25,400 sq mi) on Cuba and Isla de la Juventud. The ecoregion receives 1,000–2,000 mm (39–79 in) of rainfall annually. Cuban dry forests can be… …   Wikipedia

• Cuban cactus scrub — The Cuban cactus scrub is a xeric shrubland ecoregion that occupies 3,300 km2 (1,300 sq mi) on the leeward coast of Cuba. Most of it occurs in the southeastern part of the island in the provinces of Guantánamo and Santiago de Cuba …   Wikipedia

• Chaparral — This article is about the plant community. For the plant used medicinally, see Larrea tridentata. For other uses, see Chaparral (disambiguation). Chaparral, Santa Ynez Mountains, near Santa Barbara, California Chaparral is a shrubland or… …   Wikipedia