Austroriparian

adjective

Aus·​tro·​riparian

¦ȯstrō

: of, relating to, or being the humid division of the Lower Austral life zone including the lower Mississippi valley and the greater part of the South Atlantic and Gulf states from Virginia to eastern Texas

Word History

Etymology

austr- + riparian

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