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Karaktärsväxten

English translation: predominant plant

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Swedish term or phrase:Karaktärsväxten
English translation:predominant plant
Entered by: Christine Andersen

12:03 Oct 18, 2005
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Science - Botany
Swedish term or phrase: Karaktärsväxten
plant type
locution25
United States
Local time: 01:53
predominant plant
Explanation:
You don't give much context, but predominant plant or predominant species will fit quite widely.

Eg:
The predominant plant covering the surface of Love’s Marsh was the water lily. The large amount of lily pads might be due to the amount of the nutrients in the water, the shallowness of the marsh, and the ability for these plants to benefit from the sun.

http://www.fhgradeschool.com/carp/2000plants.html

This seems to compare with the two Swedish references.
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Christine Andersen
Denmark
Local time: 07:53
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +2predominant plant
Christine Andersen
4The character plant
Lars Jelking
4the characteristic plant
Sven Petersson


  

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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
The character plant


Explanation:
o:)

Lars Jelking
Israel
Local time: 08:53
Native speaker of: Swedish
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
the characteristic plant


Explanation:
:o)

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Note added at 19 mins (2005-10-18 12:23:02 GMT)
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http://www.loyno.edu/lucec/mrdclassification.html
http://nation.ittefaq.com/artman/publish/article_21402.shtml

Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 07:53
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
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35 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
predominant plant


Explanation:
You don't give much context, but predominant plant or predominant species will fit quite widely.

Eg:
The predominant plant covering the surface of Love’s Marsh was the water lily. The large amount of lily pads might be due to the amount of the nutrients in the water, the shallowness of the marsh, and the ability for these plants to benefit from the sun.

http://www.fhgradeschool.com/carp/2000plants.html

This seems to compare with the two Swedish references.



    Reference: http://www.naturvardsverket.se/dokument/natur/natpark/parkbe...
    Reference: http://kristinehamn.snf.se/lokaler/ovik3.html
Christine Andersen
Denmark
Local time: 07:53
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Clare Barnes
3 hrs
agree  Suzanne Blangsted (X)
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