epilith
Barbara Weintraub (Sun, 25 Jan 2004 16:23:04 PST)
Jim McKenney:
Arnold, those are not epiphytes, those are epiliths (have I coined a word?
Webster's Unabridged Encyclopedic Dictionary defines "epilithic" as "(as
plants) growing on stones" so a noun seems reasonable, whether freshly
coined or not.
:-)
- Barbara
Leaf and Stone
Barbara L. Weintraub
Santa Fe, NM
7000 ft. elevation
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