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Epiphyte

For Epiphyte we have terms and definitions in 5 topics. The topics are Agriculture, Gardening, Lichens, Naturopathic and Physical Geography.

A plant that usually grows on another plant and gets its nutrients from the air and water.

This is a plant which grows above ground attaching itself to trees or rocks. A good example is the Amazon Air Plant or Spanish Moss.

A plant, fungus, or microbe sustained entirely by nutrients and water received nonparasitically from within the canopy in which it resides.

An air plant, growing on or with other plants but not in any way parasitic.

Type of vegetation that gets its physical support from the branches of other plants. Commonly found in the tropical forests.

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