Halophyte

Halophyte [ Botany - Ecology ]

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	A plant adapted to grow in salty environments, it can tolerate an abnormal amount of salt in its growing mediai and in the water .

An halophyte is a plant that accumulates a high concentration of salt in its tissues. Some halophytes are almost succulent (e.g. Salicornia europaea). Halophytes are plants that stay alive in water with more than 0.5% NaCl. A small amount of halophytes evolved convergently in numerous, related families. Xerohalophytes are the desert species of halophytes. (Compare with Mesophytes, Hydrophytes , Xerophytes and Xerohalophytes).

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