epiphytic

Examples of epiphyte

epiphyte
Before an epiphyte was removed from the host tree, we enclosed it in a plastic bag to prevent highly mobile animals from escaping.
In other words, successful establishment of these epiphytes is more likely in close vicinity to the parent plants.
Because of its warm and continuously humid environment, epiphytes make up a conspicuous portion of this moist broadleaved evergreen forest.
Proportions of epiphyte nutrient capital are presented in parentheses.
Rainforest airconditioning: the moderating influence of epiphytes on the microclimate in tropical tree crowns.
Such a spatial association is analogous to epiphyte ant-gardens in which the plants grow principally on arboreal ant nests.
Closed, hatched line, vertical line and open indicate trees, herbs, climbers and epiphytes, respectively.
In the lowland forests, some trees were nearly free of epiphytes while others were covered almost as densely as trees in the mountains.
Longevity of fallen epiphytes in a neotropical montane forest.
However, the frequency distribution of the leaf longevity of climbers and epiphytes overlapped with those of trees and herbs.
Little is known, however, about epiphyte proliferation in disturbed forests.
Was it true that the montane forest, swathed in epiphytes, was hardly ever exposed to drying air?
We defined epiphytes as plants that spend most of their life cycle attached to other plants.
Trees represented the most diverse life form (124 spp), followed by herbs (101 spp), lianas (85), shrubs (66), herbaceous climbers epiphytes (15) and parasites (two).
Indeed, the upper portions of the fallow trees were almost devoid of epiphytes.
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