Ephemeral plant
An ephemeral plant is a
Spring ephemerals
Spring ephemerals are woodland
In the herb layer of beech forest and hornbeam-sessile oak forest, tuberous, bulbous and rhizomous plants are abundant. They comprise the spring
Desert ephemerals
Desert ephemerals, such as
Mud flat ephemerals
Most water bodies have natural changes in water level over a year. For example, rivers have higher water periods after melting snow or rainy seasons, followed by natural low water periods. Large lakes have similar seasonal changes, but also changes over longer periods of time. Many short-lived plants, particularly annual plants, grow during low water periods, then set seeds which remain buried in the mud until the next low water period.[4]
Weedy ephemerals
Many agricultural weeds are ephemeral and reproduce rapidly after human disturbance from plowing. Roadside weeds similarly exploit the disturbance from road construction and mowing. These plants rarely have any commercial use and can be
See also
References
- ^ Keddy, P.A. 2007. Plants and Vegetation: Origins, Processes, Consequences. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. 666 p. Chapter 3, Resources.
- ^ "Biológia angol nyelven" (PDF). educatio.hu (in Hungarian).
- ^ a b Archibold, O. W. 1995. Ecology of World Vegetation. London: Chapman and Hall.
- ^ , Keddy, P.A. 2000. Wetland Ecology: Principles and Conservation. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. 614 p. Chapter 2, Flooding.
- ^ Grime, J. P. 1979. Plant Strategies and Vegetation Processes. Chichester: John Wiley.
External links
- The dictionary definition of ephemeral at Wiktionary
- Media related to Ephemeral plants at Wikimedia Commons