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Epiphytic plants are plants which attach to other living plants. They do not have roots in soil, but may use roots to help secure them to their host, and for this reason are sometimes known as "air plants". Epiphytes use photosynthesis for energy and generally obtain any moisture they need from the air or from humidity coming through rain and fog, on the surface of their hosts. Sometimes they develop features such as cups and scales to collect the moisture.
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∙ 12y agothey live in the rain forest in the shrub layer
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∙ 13y agoIt grows in the coniferous forest.
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∙ 10y agoThe Epiphytes has adapted to the ecosystem in which it lives by hosting a variety of wildlife and host micro ecosystems.
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What do epiphytic and parastic plants grow on?
Epiphytic plants grow on other plants for support and parasitic plants grow on host plants for support and food both.
Do parasitic plants grow as trees?
reciprocity's grow on trees because they are not autotrophs. They have to depend on other.
What are the plants that grow on attached to tree?
Plants such as ferns, mosses, epiphytes (orchids, bromeliads etc.), vines and climbers as well as a range of parasitic plants
What do you understand by parasitic plant?
the plants that obtain there food by totally depending on host eg-cuscuta
Name some parasitic plants?
the non-green plants which live on other living organisms and obtain food from them are called parasitic plants
Epiphytic and parasitic plants grow on?
Epiphytic and parasitic plants grow on plants. It helps support the host plant.
What do epiphytic and parastic plants grow on?
Epiphytic plants grow on other plants for support and parasitic plants grow on host plants for support and food both.
Are Most Plant Root Systems Below Ground?
For the majority of plants yes. For parasitic and epiphytic plants, no.
Do parasitic plants grow as trees?
reciprocity's grow on trees because they are not autotrophs. They have to depend on other.
What is the name of a plant that does not need light to grow?
Only parasitic plants such as Dodder can grow without photosynthesis
Plants whose food is stolen by parasitic plants?
Host of parasitic plants
What are the plants that grow on attached to tree?
Plants such as ferns, mosses, epiphytes (orchids, bromeliads etc.), vines and climbers as well as a range of parasitic plants
How do plants like mistletoe obtain nutrition?
They grow on another plant so that they can obtain the nutrition from that plant. They are known as parasitic plants.
How do epiphytic plants begin life on a canopy?
i really dont know or care
Where do parasitic plants grow on?
A parasite lives on or in a host, which it depends on for survival. This relationship can be simply parasitic, where the host does not benefit from the parasite. This relationship may also be symbiotic, in which both the parasite and the host benefit.
What list of plants don't need photosynthesis?
Parasitic plants do not need. Cuscuta is an example
What do you understand by parasitic plant?
the plants that obtain there food by totally depending on host eg-cuscuta
