Tag: adaptive features

A phreatophyte is a deep-rooted plant that obtains a significant portion of the water that it needs from the phreatic zone (zone of saturation) or the capillary fringe above the phreatic zone. Phreatophytes are plants that are supplied with surface water and often have their roots constantly in touch with moisture. These plants have very deep roots that are able to reach the water table. So the correct answer is ' Very deep reaching ground water fringe'. 

The xerophytic plants are the plants present in the desert and other dry environments. The rate of transpiration is high in xerophytic plants due to high temperatures. In order to minimize the rate of transpiration, they have sunken stomata.

Lamina is reduced in xerophytic plants. In xerophytes, the petiole is modified into expanded green structure which carries out photosynthesis in case of reduced lamina.  For example, in Australian acacia.

Xerophytes are the plants that survive in an environment having little supply of water or moisture. To survive with limited water supply they have anatomical modifications such as-

In non-succulent Perennial have extensive root systems, roots penetrate deep into the soil and establish contact with sub-soil water. 

• Some trees have deep, extensive root systems that anchor them to hillsides. Shrubs service berry is a deep-rooted deciduous shrub or small tree that grows best in well-drained, slightly acidic, moist soil. Ground covers, Vetiver Grass.