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adj. - Arranged or combined in a thick mat or clumps; tufted.

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  • Linework follows UNESCO, who classify this as "caespitose herbaceous community".
  • Another formation is the xeric alpine meadow dominated by chamaephytes, caespitose, and hemicryphytes.
  • Initial linework follows UNESCO, which classifies this as "tropical Andean caespitose herbaceous closed to open community, with woody synusía of tuft plants (humid páramo)".
  • In some areas of Argentina, the Andean degraded caespitose (growing in dense tufts) herbaceous vegetation with open stands of dwarf shrubs includes Acantholippia...
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