vascular plant
collocation in Englishmeaningsofvascularandplant
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vascular
adjective
uk/ˈvæs.kjə.lər/us/ˈvæs.kjə.lɚ/
anatomy,medicalspecialized
relating to the vessels (= tubes) that carry blood or other liquids in a person's or ...
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plant
noun
uk/plɑːnt/us/plænt/
a living thing that grows in earth, in water, or on other plants, usually has a stem, leaves, roots, and flowers, and ...
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(Definition ofvascularandplantfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Only 35vascularplantspecies occur on the island, 12 of which were introduced by man.
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Vascularplantspecies colonised structures and artefacts more frequently and in larger areas than bryophytes.
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A complete list was also made of allvascularplanttaxa present in each garden in 2000.
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Global change and arctic ecosystems: is lichen decline a function of increases invascularplantbiomass?
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Within each plot, a percentage cover estimate was made of the foliage of each dependentvascularplantspecies.
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This measure was calculated for allvascularplantspecies and means were estimated from 20 quadrats for each site.
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The study area was searched forvascularplantspecies additional to those recorded in the prior survey and the sample plots.
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Recent work onvascularplantdiversity in neotropical rain forests indicates that forest degradation does not always lead to reduction of species richness.
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Fiddler crabs preferentially selected for nitrogen-fixing benthic microalgae (cyanobacteria) overvascularplantdetritus.
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The book concludes with a very readable race through the highlights of palaeobotany, a useful appendix onvascularplantclassification, further reading and the 128 black-and-white photographs of plant fossils.
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It seems therefore that forest plots which share certain properties of flooding, drainage and soil fertility (including white-sand soils) contain more-or-less similar assemblages ofvascularplantspecies.
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The gametophytes of allvascularplantgroups evolved to become reduced in size and prominence in the life cycle.
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It comprises a single species ofvascularplant, 38 mosses, and 11 liverworts.
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It is particularly important ecologically because it includes the complete successional range of dune plant communities, with over 400vascularplantspecies.
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The area has about 1,500vascularplantspecies belonging to 174 families, of which many are endemic.
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