phyto-, phyt-, -phyte

A plant that grows in sand or sandy soil.

A plant that grows on a sandy seashore, on sand dunes, or in deserts; extremophile: Such psammophytes are adapted to inhospitable environments including unstable soils, strong winds, and intense sunlight.

Some examples of psammophyte species are Agriophyllum squarrosum (sand rice), Haloxylon ammodendron (saxaul), and Corynephorus canescens (grey hair-grass or gray clubawn grass).

Plants that grow best in or tolerate sand, particularly fine to medium sand.

1. Any plant of the savanna (psilos, "without trees").
2. Any of a division (Psilophyta) of simple vascular plants with upright branches that appeared in the early Paleozoic period and were the first of the land plants.

A reference to psilophytes; psilophytic flora.

A plant living in relatively cold polar or alpine habitats or on a cold substratum: Mr. Edwards told his students to find at least 10 types of vegetation that were psychrophytes, or those plants that thrived in Arctic regions.

A plant that is resistant to, or tolerates, fire or which needs fire to reproduce.

A plant inhabiting running water; a plant that is confined to flowing water.