Term:
Xeric
Xeric
Definition:
Referring to dry habitats.
Referring to dry habitats.
Glossary Details:
Title: Caatinga of eastern Brazil. Photo by S. A. Mori.
Description: Cavanillesia arborea is a tree scattered among the thorn-scrub vegetation called caatinga in eastern Brazil. Do not confuse Amazonian caatinga with the caatinga of eastern Brazil.