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Use "xerophytes" in a sentence
"Open scattered vegetation includes xerophytes, cryptograms and deep-rooted trees in rock fissures where they are protected from fire."
"Sites of importance for plant conservation include the Monts de Cristal of Gabon, a Pleistocene refuge for xerophytes and orophytes and one of two distinct Centers of Plant Diversity in this ecoregion."
"As the new land emerged, littoral flora gave rise to number of different types of xerophytes."