Mesophyte

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As mesophytes (from ancient Greek : μοσος mesos "middle" and φυτόν phytón "plant") are plants that occur in moderately humid places in biology . As a result, they occupy a position between hygrophytes and xerophytes .

Mesophytes are characterized by relatively large leaves that are not entirely hairy on the surface and have no wax coatings. There are also species that live as annual plants in deserts and bloom there during the rainy season . They are mostly soft leaves with stomata on the underside

Thus, deciduous trees like the hornbeam or English oak examples of Mesophyten. They adapt to their environment by shedding their foliage in winter (abscission). Another example is the lilac .