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Leaves have evolved into spines on the cactus.
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What desert plant has no leaves but has stems and spines?
A cactus has no leaves but does have a stem.
How does the stem of a cactus adapt to live in the desert?
it may or may not depending on speices.
How do plants adapt to nature?
In a desert, they adapt so that they are able to hold in and store more water. For example, there is a cactus.
Why there a chloroplast inside the cell of the stem of a cactus plant?
Cactus are desert plants.Their leaves have turned into thrones.
What desert plant has no leaves but has stem nd called spines?
Cactus
How do flowers of ae cactus adapt to the desert?
A cactus that has flowers is giving the flowers fluids from within. A cactus is like a camel except with many more chambers. The cactus stores moisture for long periods of time.
What cactus waste product do desert animals need?
Carbon Dioxide Leaves Oxygen
How do roots of a cactus adapt to live in the desert?
The roots to a cactus are long thick and go very wide and deep. When it rains the roots absorb the water and store it in its leaves. The cactus doesnt need a lot of water. A couple drops a year will keep it alive. Its leaves are protected with spines.
Why do desert plants have long and spiny leaves?
The cactus has spiny leaves so the water that it retains can't evaporate so easily, and for protection.The cactus has spiny leaves so the water that it retains can't evaporate so easily, and for protection.
What are some desert plants of the U.S. and Mexico?
The ocotillo sprouts leaves a day or two after a good rain in the desert. It blooms in the late winter.
What is a desert cactus?
a cactus that grows in the desert XD
What feature of a cactus helps it to adapt?
In most species the stem has evolved to be photosynthetic and succulent,while the leaves have evolved into spines,this helps it adapt to hot and dry environments.
