Chamaephyte

Chamaephytes (Gr. Χαμαί chamaí = on earth (located)) are perennial plants according to the system of life forms according to Raunkiær , whose persistence organs ( renewal buds ) are below the mean snow depth of 50 cm and thus overwinter under the protection of a snow cover or other hygric ones or survive unfavorable thermal periods in the course of the year.

Classification Depending on the location of the renewal buds

They include:

• Half and dwarf shrubs (e.g. blueberry ),
• perennial cushion plants and creeping perennial herbaceous plants and
• some mosses .

See also

• Cryptophytes
• Life form (botany)