Q. Plants growing in dry and saline soil are called
A) Xerophyte
B) Hydrophyte
C) Halophyte
D) Heliophyte
Explanation
Halophytes are special types of xerophilous plants, which grow on saline soils with high concentration of salts like NaCl, $MgCl_{2}$, and $MgSO_{4}$.
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