-phyte
From LIAS Glossary
–phyte (Greek,suffix, pl. –phytes) – a neutral term to describe an organism, which is present under certain ecological conditions or can be found on a particular substrate, e. g., a calciphyte is an organism growing on, but not necessarily restricted to substrates containing calcites.
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