Psammophyte

As Psammophyten (from Greek. : Ψάμμος psammos , Sand 'and phytos , plant') and sand plant is called a type of organization of plants , which on sand such. B. in sandy deserts or on dunes , grows and there solidifies the subsoil through its roots and branching shoots . Examples are beach grass , beach chickweed , sand sedge .

The Soviet botanist Leonid Wassiljewitsch Kudrjaschow (1910–1976) cites the following examples in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (3rd A.): Haloxylon persicum , Calligonum , Ammondendron , Eremosparton , Smirnowia , Aristida , Carex arenaria , Elymus giganteus .

Web links

• Minqin Garden of Desert Plants

References and footnotes

1. ↑ sand plants (enzyklo.de)
2. ↑ Psammophyte (LV Kudriashov)