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ChamaephyteA '''Chamaephyte''' or '''dwarf-shrub''' is a plant that bears hibernating buds on persistent shoots near the ground – woody plants with perennating buds borne close to the ground, no more than 25 cms above soil surface. Chamaephytes are especially important in stressful environments, for example in alpine, arctic or dry ecosystems, often grazed by herbivores and on nutrient-poor soils or Rock (geology)|rock. Prominent examples are many of the species of Maquis shrubland|maquis and other submediterranean dry ecosystems (such as thyme, ''Thymus vulgaris'', and rosemary, ''Rosmarinus officinalis''), the different heather species (e.g. ''Calluna vulgaris'' and ''Erica'' species), African wild olive (''Olea europaea'' ssp. ''cuspidata'') and edelweiss (''Leontopodium alpinum'').
See also
Raunkiær plant life-form
Category:Botany
Category:Plant life-form
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