Useful Nova Scotia Plants
Glossary
211 total terms
- achene
- acidic soil
- aerial leaves
- alkaline banks
- alluvial soil
- angled stem
- annual herb
- aquatic perennial herb
- arching canes
- armature
- astringent
- awns
- axis
- barbed
- barren
- basal
- basal leaves
- basal lobes
- basal rosette
- beach cobble
- biennial
- biennial herb
- bog pools
- bogs
- borne
- bottom lands
- brackish marshes
- bracts
- bristle
- burr
- calcareous
- capsule
- catkin
- chevron
- claw
- clearcuts
- cleft
- coastal barrens
- coiling pods
- colonial herb
- colonial plant
- compact
- compacted areas
- compound leaves
- cone
- conifers
- coppicing
- corky striations
- corm
- corolla
- corymb
- creeping
- crenulate
- crown
- cultivars
- cultivated
- cure
- cyme
- deciduous
- deep leaf mould
- deltate
- diffuse panicle
- dooryard
- dwarf
- dwarf shrub
- dykeland
- ellipsoid
- emergent leaves
- emergent plants
- erect
- evergreen tree
- fallow fields
- field
- fleshy stem
- floret
- formic acid
- freshwater marsh
- frond
- genus
- gland
- glandular hairy
- glaucous
- grain
- granitic
- ground-cover
- habit
- halberd-shaped
- headland
- hedgerow
- herb
- humus
- husk
- hybridization
- hypodermic
- inflorescence
- inhidescent
- interrupted spike
- intervales
- involucre
- involute
- lakeshore
- lanceolate
- lateral
- latex
- leaflets
- leathery
- lenticel
- ligule
- lobe
- margins
- meadow
- mealy
- midrib
- mixed forests
- musky
- naturalized
- nectar guides
- nodding
- node
- nutlet
- open canopy
- orbicular
- ornamentals
- ovate
- oxalic acid
- oxbows
- palmately
- panicles
- pasture
- peatland
- pectin
- pedicels
- peduncles
- pemmican
- pendulous
- perennials
- petiole
- pinnate
- pistillate
- plated
- pollarding
- pome
- potherb
- primocanes
- prostrate
- pubescent
- racemes
- receptacle
- reclining
- resinous flavour
- revolute
- rhizomatous
- rhizome
- riparian site
- rootstocks
- salicylic
- saline habitats
- saltmarshes
- salve
- samaras
- scalloped
- scape
- seed-head
- sepals
- serrate
- sheath
- shoot
- shrubs
- silique
- silty
- sinkholes
- sinus
- sphagnous bogs
- sphagum thickets
- spherical
- spile
- spore-bearing
- square stem
- stamen
- staminate
- stillwater
- stipulate
- stolon
- straplike leaves
- streamside
- sub-shrub
- submersed leaves
- succulent
- suckers
- swamp
- tannin
- tawny
- tendrils
- terminal
- ternately
- thicket
- thorn
- tidal areas
- tomentum
- umbel
- understory
- unisexual
- vascular
- wasteground
- waterfowl impoundments
- waxy
- whorled
- wilded
- winged
- wooded banks
- woody
Term
barren
Definition
Area of land where plant cover may be sparse, stunted, and often of limited diversity.Typically there are conditions such as toxic or infertile soil, high winds, coastal salt-spray and severe climate, which limit plant communities.