Epiphyte: A plant that grows on another plant but is not parasitic, such as the numerous ferns, bromeliads, air plants, and orchids growing on tree trunks in tropical rain forests.

Climber: a vine or climbing plant that readily grows up a support or over other plants


Epiphytes and climbers are stratified. Within each synusia two main groups can be recognized: a photophytic or sun-loving group, adapted morphologically and physiologically to the microclimate of the canopy top, and a skiophytic or shade-loving group, adapted to the cooler, darker, moister microclimates within the forest canopy; though the distinction is never absolute.
Courtesy: INDONESIA FOREST .:: Epiphytes, climbers and stranglers ::.
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