TERRESTRIAL PLANTS

Plants which grow on land are called terrestrial plants

Types of Terrestrial Plants

Plants of hills

Plants of plains

Plants of desert

Plants of hot and wet region

PLANTS OF HILLS

Features

1. Trees are tall, straight and conical in shape.

2. Leaves are narrow needle like

3. Example—Pine Deodar

PLANTS OF PLAINS

Features1. Trees have many branches2. The tree shed all its leaves in one particular season.3. Example -- Neem

Peepal

PLANTS OF DESERT

Features1. Can survive in less

water.2. Roots are well

developed3. Has green fleshy

stem to store water and do photosynthesis.

4. Leaves are reduced to spines to prevent water loss

5. Example-- Cactus

PLANTS OF HOT AND WET REGION

Features1. Trees do not shed all the leaves in one particular season.2. Example- Coconut