Xerophytes grow on the limbs of rainforest trees, deriving nutrients from the water and plant debris that falls from higher levels.

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Xerophytes grow on the limbs of rainforest trees, deriving nutrients from the water and plant debris that falls from higher levels. ​

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Xerophytes are plants adapted to survive in environments with very little water, such as deserts, not on the limbs of rainforest trees. Epiphytes are the plants that grow on other plants in rainforests, deriving nutrients from the air, rain, and debris accumulating around them.

Xerophytes Grow on the Limbs of Rainforest Trees, Deriving Nutrients