Different soil compositions and geomorphic factors affect the distribution of wildlife and make room for other vegetative groups such as halophyte plants including Atriplex, Larrea divaricata, L. cuneifolia, Suaeda, and Tricomaria. From Wordnik.com. [Humid Pampas] Reference
Several "halophyte" (salt tolerant) plant species and seaweed species can be processed to yield an impure form of sodium carbonate, and these sources predominated in Europe and elsewhere until the early 19th Century. From Wordnik.com. [Find Me A Cure] Reference
Xeric and halophyte shrublands, grasslands, riverine shrublands. From Wordnik.com. [Southeastern Iberian shrubs and woodlands] Reference
Xeric and halophyte shrublands, grasslands, riverine shrublands, coastal lagoons. From Wordnik.com. [Southeastern Iberian shrubs and woodlands] Reference
Development of a rare halophyte grain: prospects for reclamation of salt-ruined lands. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
The first halophyte to colonize the flat and transform it into a marsh is saltmarsh cordgrass. From Wordnik.com. [The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States] Reference
Grown on 20,000 hectares of salt flats, this may represent the world's largest area devoted to an introduced halophyte. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 9] Reference
Growth, water potential, and ion accumulation in the inland halophyte Atriplex triangularie under saline field conditions. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
Although the direct consumption of halophyte vegetative tissue by humans and animals can be limited by its salt content, the seeds of many halophytes present no such obstacle. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
Some of the vegetation that has adapted to high concentrations of salt in the soil constitutes halophyte communities, which are found especially in areas close to the salt flats. From Wordnik.com. [Central Andean dry puna] Reference
The Marabi mangrove forests are halophyte forests distributed along the Ecuadorian Coast and located at the mouths of river systems converging on the Pacific Coast of South America. From Wordnik.com. [Manabí mangroves] Reference
One of the most typical halophyte plant formations is dominated by tetyr (Salsola gemmascens), a 30-50 centimeters (cm) shrub, associated with low species diversity and sparse coverage. From Wordnik.com. [Caspian lowland desert] Reference
It condemned the dredging and embankment of the Joumine and Malah canals which dry out the marshes, encourage halophyte growth and access by poachers, and recommended a visitor center and cleaning up pollution from the hammams. From Wordnik.com. [Ichkeul National Park, Tunisia] Reference
The ecoregional steppe flora has a significant rate of endemism (126 endemic plants from the 302 strict steppe species), mainly reflecting halophyte taxa (Vella pseudocytisus, Boleum asperum, Gypsophila struthium, G. hispanica, Sideritis linearifolia). From Wordnik.com. [Iberian sclerophyllous and semi-deciduous forests] Reference
The central Iberian plateaus and Ebro basin host significant inland drainage systems with fluctuating, shallow, saline swamps, characterized by numerous halophyte species such as Suaeda fruticosa, Microcnemum coralloides, Aizoon hispanicus, Arthrocnemum glaucum, and Limonium ovalifolium. From Wordnik.com. [Iberian sclerophyllous and semi-deciduous forests] Reference
Salicornia, a halophyte, identified as the most promising salt-water tolerant land-based plant for biofuels. From Wordnik.com. [Renewable Energy News - RenewableEnergyWorld.com] Reference
Thellungiella halophila (also known as Thellungiella salsuginea) is a model halophyte with a small plant size, short life cycle, and small genome. From Wordnik.com. [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference
However, with rising energy prices and increasing concern over global warming, the halophyte (salt - tolerant plant) is now prized for its other properties. From Wordnik.com. [Water Conserve: Water Conservation RSS Newsfeed] Reference
ISAS utilizes effluent from seawater aquaculture (e.g. fish and shrimp ponds) as a natural fertilizer to cultivate sizable plantations of salicornia, a halophyte (i.e. naturally salt resistant plant) capable of yielding large volumes of high grade vegetable oil for use as a biofuel feedstock. From Wordnik.com. [Renewable Energy News - RenewableEnergyWorld.com] Reference
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