various small changes

config/definitions.yml

@@ -487,16 +487,21 @@ traits:
         ballistic: Seeds are launched away from the plant by explosion as soon as the seed capsule opens; true dispersal syndrome
         barochory: Seeds are dispersed without assistance; true dispersal syndrome
         barochory_small_seeds: Small seeds (<0.1 mg) that are dispersed without assistance; true dispersal syndrome
+        bird: Seed dispersed by birds
         chamaechory: diaspore is rolled along ground surface by wind
         dyszoochory: diaspore is eaten intentionally by an animal
         elaiosome: Fleshy (often fatty) appendage on seeds that attracts ants; dispersal appendage
         endozoochory: Diaspores that dispersed through ingestion by animals, either intentionally or unintentionally and are transported before dropping off; includes the term ingestion; true dispersal syndrome
         exozoochory: When seeds are dispersed on the surface of an animal; will overlap significantly with the terms adhesion and animal_vector
         fleshy_fruit: A fruit where part or all of the pericarp (fruit wall) is fleshy at maturity; fruit type
         fleshy_wings_capsule: A fruit whose capsule or wings are fleshy
+        gravity: 
         hydrochory: Dispersal on the surface of water; see also the term water; true dispersal syndrome
         insect: Dispersal by ant or termite
+        invertebrate: Dispersal by invertebrate other than insects
+        mammal: Dispersed by mammals by unspecified mechanisms
         mobile: use 'unassisted' 
+        mud_on_cars:
         myrmecochory: Dispersules with elaiosomes (specialised nutritious appendages) that make them attractive for capture, transport and use by ants or related insects; true dispersal syndrome
         nautohydrochory: water; e.g. floating/submerged in fresh/saltwater currents
         ombrohydrochory: water; diaspore is propelled by action of rain on plant structure/wetting by rain or dew
@@ -522,7 +527,9 @@ traits:
         mammals: mammals
         non-flying: mammals and non-flying birds (i.e. cassowary)
         passive: no dispersal agent
+        vertebrate: vertebrate
         wind: wind
+        water: water
     dormancy_type:
       description: Classification for seed dormancy
       type: categorical
@@ -2018,13 +2025,15 @@ traits:
         aquatic_herb: Herb that grows primarily in water
         aquatic_submerged: Plant where all the leaves are submerged in water        
         climber: Plant that climbs up another plant's trunk, branches, rather than being able to support itself
-        climber_herb: Herbaceous plant that climbs up another plant; liana
+        climber_herb: Herbaceous plant that climbs up another plant
+        climber_liana: Liana (usually refers to a woody climber)
         climber_palm: Palm that climbs up another plant
         climber_shrub: Shrubby plant that climbs up another plant
         climber_scrambler: Plant that climbs by scrambling
         climber_tree: Tree that climbs up another plant
         climber_twiner: Climber that ascends by twining (usually will refer to herbaceous climber, but not always)
         climber_vine: Vine (usually will refer to herbaceous climber, but not always)
+        climber_vine_woody: Vine whose stem is at least partially woody
         climber_woody: Woody or thick (>2 cm) climbers with hooks, tendrils, adventitious roots, etc.
         creeper: Creeper that roots along stems
         cushion: Plant with tightly packed foliage help close to soil surface, with relatively even and rounded canopy boundary; a sub-category of herb in Cornellison, but possibly used for subshrubs as well by some
@@ -2033,6 +2042,7 @@ traits:
         epiphyte_herb: Herb that grows on top of another plant
         epiphyte_shrub: Shrub that grows on top of another plant
         epiphyte_tree: Tree that grows on top of another plant
+        epiphyte_woody: Woody epiphyte
         epiphyte_treelet: Tree that grows on top of another plant
         erect_leafy: Plant essentially erect with leaves concentrated in the middle and/or top parts; a sub-category of herb
         fern: A group of vascular plants that reproduce via spores
@@ -2051,6 +2061,7 @@ traits:
         pandanus: Pandanus
         parasite: A plant that derives some or all of its nutritional requirements from another living plant
         parasite_woody: A woody plant that derives some or all of its nutritional requirements from another living plant
+        primitive: includes club moss, selaginella
         prostrate: Plant that lies flat against the ground
         prostrate_shrub: Woody plant that lies flat against the ground
         rosette: Herb where the leaves are concentrated right at the ground surface