Question

Plants growing in acidic soils are known as [JIPMER 2002]
A) Psammophytes
B) Oxalophytes
C) Lithophytes
D) Halophytes

Answer 1

Plants growing in acidic soils are known as Oxalophytes.

Explanation:

• Plants growing in soils which have acidic nature, rich amount of humus and lack of $Ca^{++}$ ions are known as oxalophytes or oxyphytes.  
• Oxalophytes are the plants that grow in acidic soil that maintained at pH 5.5 as this enables the plant to absorb nutrients required for the growth.
• Plants growing in sandy soils are known as psammophytes.
• Plants growing on rocks are known as lithophytes.
• Plants growing in high saline conditions such as mangroves are known as halophytes.

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