What is "mesophyte"

n. (context botany English) Any normal terrestrial plant that grows in environments that have an average supply of water.

n. land plant growing in surroundings having an average supply of water; compare xerophyte and hydrophyte [syn: mesophytic plant]

Mesophytes are terrestrial plants which are adapted to neither a particularly dry nor particularly wet environment. An example of a mesophytic habitat would be a rural temperate meadow, which might contain goldenrod, clover, oxeye daisy, and Rosa multiflora.

Mesophytes make up the largest ecological group of terrestrial plants, and usually grow under moderate to hot and humid climatic regions.