cheradi´um (χέραδος, a sandbar), a wet sandbar formation; cheradad, a wet sandbar plant.

chersi´um (χέρσος, dry barren waste), a dry waste formation; chersad, plant of a dry waste.

chioni´um (χιών, όνος, snow), a snow formation; chionad, a snow plant; chionophyti´um, a niveal plant formation.

chledi´um (χλῆδος, rubbish), a ruderal formation; chledad, a ruderal plant.

chlorenchym (χλωρός, greenish yellow, ἐνχύμα, infusion), the chlorophyll tissue of the leaf.

-chore (χωρέω, to spread abroad), combining term to denote agent of migration.

chresard (χρῆσις, use), the available water of the soil, the physiological water-content.

clitochore (κλίτος, slope), a plant distributed by gravity.

clysi´um (κλύσις, a flooding), a succession in a flooded soil.

-colus (κόλος, dwelling in), combining term for habitat forms.