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How do barrel cactus plants adapt to their environment and survive?
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∙ 14y ago
At first it seems impossible but actually you can. Sometimes throughout the cactuses top, some pulps grow and can be chosen to stay on the cactus or be taken off and used to propagate.
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The barrel cactus propagates by seed formed from a flower on top of the plant.
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 14y agoA barrel cactus may be in the Echinocactus or Ferocactus genus. Either way, it's native to the deserts of the United States of America and Mexico. It successfully adapts to the desert environment by its shape and the specialization of its body parts and activities. For example, a barrel cactus finds its rounded body in complete contact with the ground. This makes it easy for its modified leaves in the form of spines to direct any available, precious moisture - be it dew, fog, or rainfall - to the ground. The ground is so close that little is lost to evaporation. The moisture quickly gets below ground, to be taken in by the plant's roots.
Once inside the cactus, the roots send the water and its dissolved nutrients up to the stem. There, water and watery products and solutions are processed and stored. They're exactly where they're needed the most. So little energy, water, and work time is lost in shuttling things back and forth. Everything is where it needs to be.
And once inside the stem, it's difficult for water and watery products and solutions to get out. A barrel cactus has a thickened outer stem that doesn't cooperate with water loss. Additionally, the stem is the location of breathing pores, or stomata. Guard cells on both sides of the stomata's openings monitor what gets out, and what gets in.
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Is a barrel cactus in a desert vascular or nonvascular?
All cacti are vascular plants, including the barrel cactus.
What trees and plants can survive in a dresert?
Cactus.
Are cactus animals or plants?
The cactus is a plant that usually thrives in a dry environment.
What is the name for plants that survive a major disturbance?
A cactus
Outside plants that start with an A?
The Arizona Barrel Cactus is an outside plant.
What kind of plants live in the desert?
The most popular plant living in the desert is cactus. There are different kinds of cactus, for example barrel cactus. There are other plants like grasses, shrubs, trees, and wildflowers.
Why do plants have to adapt with their environment?
If plants do not adapt, they do not survive in that particular environment.
How do flowers help cactus plants survive in the desert?
Flowers help cactus plants survive in the desert by attracting pollinators. Because of pollination, the cactus plants may have fruits full of seeds. For example, the giant saguaro cactus [Carnegiea gigantea] depends upon bats for pollination of its huge, light colored bat blossoms.
Which of the following plants would be able to survive in an arid climate?
A Cactus.
Can plants survive in the dessert?
A few. An infamous dessert plant is the cactus.
What plants can survive with a little bit of water?
cactus is the plant that can survive in a place with limited water supply
What kind of plants can be easily found in the desert?
Very few plants can survive the harsh environment of the desert. The cactus has well adapted to this dry and arid habitat. Wild flowers also are surprisingly abundant as well.
