Nurse Plant
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<plantfyi-glossary slug="nurse-plant"></plantfyi-glossary>Definition
A plant that creates favorable microclimatic conditions — shade, moisture, reduced herbivory — enabling other, more sensitive species to establish. Saguaro cacti often germinate under nurse shrubs in the Sonoran Desert.
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