Editing Sclerophyll (section)

==Soils==
Sclerophyll plants are also found in areas with nutrient-poor and acidic soils, and soils with heavy concentrations of aluminum and other metals. Sclerophyll leaves transpire less and have a lower {{CO2}} uptake than malacophyllous or laurophyllous leaves. These lower transpiration rates may reduce the uptake of toxic ions and better provide for {{Nowrap|C-[[carboxylation]]}} under nutrient-poor conditions, particularly low availability of mineral nitrogen and phosphate. Sclerophyllous plants are found in tropical heath forests, which grown on nutrient-poor sandy soils in humid regions in the [[Orinoco]] and the [[Rio Negro (Amazon)|Rio Negro]] basins of northern South America on [[quartz]] sand, in the [[kerangas]] forests of Borneo and on the [[Malay Peninsula]], in coastal sandy areas along the [[Gulf of Guinea]] in Gabon, Cameroon, and Côte d'Ivoire, and in eastern Australia. Since water drains rapidly through these soils, sclerophylly also protects plants against drought stress during dry periods.<ref name="fundamentals">{{Cite book |last1=Pfadenhauer |first1=Jörg S. |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49860-3_1 |title=Fundamentals towards Understanding Global Vegetation |last2=Klötzli |first2=Frank A. |date=2020 |publisher=Springer International Publishing |isbn=978-3-030-49859-7 |location=Cham |pages=1–120 |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-3-030-49860-3_1}}</ref><ref name="zonal">{{Cite book |last1=Pfadenhauer |first1=Jörg S. |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49860-3_2 |title=Zonal Vegetation of the Tropical Zone with Year-Round Rain |last2=Klötzli |first2=Frank A. |date=2020 |publisher=Springer International Publishing |isbn=978-3-030-49859-7 |location=Cham |pages=121–177 |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-3-030-49860-3_2}}</ref>

Sclerophylly's advantages in nutrient-poor conditions may be another factor in the prevalence of sclerophyllous plants in nutrient-poor areas in drier-climate regions, like much of Australia and the [[Cerrado]] of Brazil.<ref name = fundamentals/>