Category
page 1Plants by adaptation
Heliophyte
Heliophytes or sunstroke plants are adapted to a habitat with a very intensive insolation by their structure and metabolism. Examples are mullein, ling, thyme and soft velcro, white clover, and most roses. They are common in open terrain, rocks, meadows, as well as at the mountain pastures and grasslands and other long sunny exposures.
hardiness
ability of plants to survive adverse growing conditions
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hyperaccumulator
thumb|Viola lutea subsp. calaminaria, also known as the zinc violet, grows in soils high in zinc.
thermogenic plant
plant able to produce heat