CLASSIFICATION BASED ON HABITAT

• EPIPHYTES - They are also called as air plants. It is any plant that grows upon another plant or object for physical support. They have no attachment to the ground or other obvious nutrient sources and are not parasitic on the supporting plants
• MESOPHYTES - Plants grow in an environment that is neither very dry nor very wet
• OXYLOPHYTES - Any plant that tolerates, or thrives in acidic soil. Examples are bog mosses, cotton grass, etc.
• HALOPHYTES - These are salt-tolerant plants that grow in soil (or waters) of high salinity. Examples are mangrove trees, sea lavender, etc.
• PSAMMOPHYTES - They are the plants that thrive in shifting sands, primarily in deserts
• LITHOPHYTES - Are plants that grow in or on rocks
• CHERSOPHYTES - Are any plants that are capable to live on wastelands
• EREMOPHYTES - They are plants that can thrive on desert and steppe environments
• PSYCHROPHYTES - Any plant that tolerates, or thrives in a cold climate, especially in Arctic or alpine conditions
• PSILOPHYTES - These are plants that are adapted to grow well in the dry savannah
• SCLEROPHYTES - These are the type of vegetation that is adapted to long periods of dryness and heat. They are usually characterized by their relatively small, stiff, leathery, and long-lasting leaves. Usually found in dry forest areas and bushlands
• HYDROPHYTES - Plants growing in or near water
• CHRYSOPHYTES - These are a group of algae commonly found in lakes. They are sometimes referred to as golden-brown algae due to their coloration from specific photosynthetic pigments
• XEROPHYTES - Plants adapted to survive under the condition of a very poor supply of available water in the habitats
• HELIOPHYTES - They are also referred to as sunstroke plants, and they adapt to habitats with very intense solar radiation due to their own structure and metabolism
• SCIOPHYTES - These are types of plants that are generally found at places where the concentration of light reaching the surface is considerably low and the higher plants have formed a canopy over the surface leading to obstruction in the light coming to the surface
• THERMOPHYTES - These are plants or organisms which can tolerate or thrive at high temperatures. It came from the Greek words “thermos” which means “warmth or heat” and “phyton” which means “plant”.
• SAPROPHYTES - These are living organisms that live and feed on dead and decaying organisms. It is a plant that does not have chlorophyll, obtaining its food from dead matter, similar to bacteria and fungi
• BRYOPHYTES - These plants are also sciophytes but prefer to grow in moist (wet) and shady places