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ADAPTATIONS IN TERRESTRIAL (LAND) PLANTSPLANTS IN PLAINS You can see a large variety of plants growing in the plains.Some of them are neem, gulmohar, peepal and banyan.neem tree banyan tree gulmohar tree peepal treepine fir cedarThese plants grow in warm climate. They have lots of branches and leaves. The leaves are broad so that they can get a lot of sunlight.PLANTS ON MOUNTAINS AND HILLY AREAS You can see trees like pine, fir and cedar growing on mountains and hilly areas. You can also see small plants like ferns, mosses and lichens growing here. The plants can survive the cold weather here because they have adaptations that protect them from the snow.Let us now know what those adaptations are.You can see that the trees here are tall and straight and are cone-shaped. This helps the snow to slide off their branches easily.The leaves of these trees are needle-like and have a waxy coating. This is to prevent any damage from snow.The trees do not bear flowers. Instead, they bear cones with seeds inside them.The Banyan tree, a common plain plant, can spread its branches over a large area and is considered the national tree of India!Did you know?How do plants in the hills protect themselves from the cold?CheckpointArrow-Puffin-4_Semester-1 Science 231