Savanna (Savannah) 



An area of grassland in which are scattered trees or shrubs 

 but little or no breaks in the continuity of grassland cover. 



Saxicolous 



Refers to organisms growing on or among rocks, e.g., 

 many mosses and saxifrages. 



Scandent 



Climbing. 



Scansorial 



Refers to an organism that has adaptations for climbing, 

 e.g., a Liana such as Virginia creeper, cf. Ambulatorial, 

 FossoriaL 



Scarp 



See Escarpment. 



Scatology 



The study of Scats, identification, determination of con- 

 tents, etc. 



Scats 



Animal feces or droppings such as pellets of rabbit dung. 



Scavenger 



An animal that eats animal wastes and dead bodies of 

 animals not killed by itself, e.g., vulture. 



Schizomycete 



A plant in the phylum Schizomycophyta, bacteria. 



Scion 



Any aerial plant part, often a small branch, that is 

 grafted onto the root-bearing part (Stock) of another plant. 



Sciophyllous 



See Heliophyllous. 



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