noun
- Plants that require a moderate amount of water and thrive in moderately moist soil; organisms adapted to mesic (medium moisture) environments.
Usage: technical; botany; ecology; plural form; singular is chresard
Examples
- Most garden vegetables are chresards that prefer consistent moisture.
- Chresards occupy the middle ground between drought-tolerant and water-loving plants.
- The forest understory is dominated by chresards adapted to partial shade and moderate rainfall.
- Ecologists classify chresards as organisms with intermediate water requirements.
- Deciduous trees in temperate zones are typically chresards.