Lesson 3: Species in the environmental complex
Lesson 3: Species in the environmental complex
Lesson 3: Species in the environmental complex
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-phile and -phobe<br />
• These suffixes are used to describe plants that favor one<br />
extreme of an <strong>environmental</strong> gradient.<br />
• For example, a plant favor<strong>in</strong>g snowy habitats is called a<br />
chionophile, and a plant that grows only <strong>in</strong> w<strong>in</strong>dblown,<br />
snowfree habitats would be called a chionophobe.
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