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A particular spatial
arrangement of plants, acting as a unit with internally consistent
characteristics that distinguishes it from contiguous formation
(e.g.: a forest, a prairie, a shrub-land etc.. ) |
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A vegetable formation may extend over hundreds
of thousands of square kilometers of the Earth's surface and has
distinctive characteristic which make it easily recognizable.
Formations can be distinguished from one place to another.
See also:
Ecosystem,
biome,
community |
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