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Record 1 1999-04-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
DEF

A perennial plant having woody stems except for the terminal part of the new growth which is killed back annually.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
DEF

Plante de petite taille, ligneuse, au moins à sa base.

CONT

La couverture végétale d'un sol s'accompagne toujours d'une pénétration de celui-ci par les racines des plantes, et évidemment d'un revêtement de la surface du sol par les parties aériennes. On y distingue plusieurs strates superposées : mousses, herbes, sous-arbrisseaux, arbustes et buissons, arbres de diverses hauteurs et, dans le sol, les strates racinaires qui leur correspondent plus ou moins.

Spanish

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