sclerophyllous - hard-leaved. Leaves resistant to drought through having much sclerenchymatous tissue and reduced intercellular spaces.
matorral - (a) sparse (forest) where clumps of trees are completely dissociated from the herbaceous vegetation. (This) is, unfortunately, the form that Mediterranean forests usually take.
5. sclerophyllous scrub (matorral) – jäiklehised võserikud (matorral)
51. Sub-Mediterranean and temperate scrub – lähisvahemerelised ja parasvöötmelised võserikud
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'Sclerophyllous' vastena on tarvitusel ka "kõvalehisus" - sklerofüllia, taimede kohastumus kuiva põuase suvega, eriti lähistroopikas. Lehed sisaldavad rohkesti tugikude, on jäigad ja paksu kutiikula (ka vaha- või vaikkatte) tõttu värvuselt hallikad või hõbedased. Kõvalehised on nt oleander, eukalüpt, õlipuu ja rand-ogaputk.
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