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opportunistic (pertaining to plants in climatically variable landscapes)

Plants or plant species that display an opportunistic response to environmental variations in resource availability, such as species that leaf out when water is available and drop their leaves when stressed - repeatedly, or flowering unpredictably a second time later in the season when water is available during the warm months

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