The plants that grow in deserts or very dry areas are referred to as?

  • A hydrophytes
  • B epiphytes
  • C xerophytes
  • D mesophytes

The correct answer is C. xerophytes

Plants that live in water and adapt to their environment are known as hydrophytes.

Epiphyte, also called air plant, any plant that grows upon another plant or object merely for physical support.

 Plants that grow in dry habitat are called xerophytes.

Mesophytes are terrestrial plants which are neither adapted to particularly dry nor particularly wet environments.

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