adjective
- growing in waste places or disturbed soil
Usage: botanical
noun
- a plant that grows in waste places or disturbed soil
Usage: botanical
Examples
- Dandelions are common ruderal plants found in vacant lots.
- The construction site was quickly colonized by ruderal species.
- Ruderal vegetation appeared along the abandoned railway tracks.
- These ruderal weeds thrive in disturbed urban environments.
- The botanist studied ruderals growing near the highway.
- Ruderal plants are often the first to establish in cleared areas.