inhabiting/that inhabit

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Hello. I have a question on the use of inhabit in the following phrases:

In this work, we provide new records and geographical distribution data for 9 seaweeds THAT INHABIT more than 30 sites of the Iberian Atlantic.

In this work, we provide new records and geographical distribution data for 9 seaweeds INHABITING more than 30 sites of the Iberian Atlantic.

Which of these two phrases is correct?
If there are differences in the meaning: what are?

Thanks!!!!!

Clive · Accepted Answer

Hi,

Fine.
No real difference.

Clive

Mister Micawber · Answer

The grammar of both is correct and synonymous, but 'inhabit' is very odd, since that word is used for animals, not plants. I suggest 'occurring / that occur', as here:

Botanists, ecologists, and geographers alike have long been interested in studying plant distribution patterns as they provide insight into the processes that facilitate diversification and speciation in plants and the factors that lead to reproductive isolation between closely related plant populations (ex., Cain 1944; Woodward 1987). Relative to their sexual counterparts, apomictic plants frequently occur in more peripheral, more island-like, and more disturbed habitats than their sexual counterparts (Lynch 1984; Bierzychudek 1985).

Carex gravida does not occur in NY but was attributed to the state incorrectly in the past. It is not expected in the state. Carex gravida mainly differs in having the summit of the leaf sheath fronts white, hyaline, not thickened, and fragile.

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