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Plants such as cacti survive by having spines on them to defend them from animals, have wide spread roots to get as much water as possible and have thick skin to lose as small water as possible. This is how cacti survive, and i assume other plants would have to do something similar to survive in a desert.
Plants survive in the desert by holding the water, as a supply
Plants like cacti can survive in the desert. This is because they have the ability to store their own water.
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 9y agomost desrt plant have well developed vascular tissue and a very deep root system to absorb water from the soil. In some plants specialized cells of velamen tissue are also present to absorb moisture from the air.
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∙ 15y agothey are often C2 photosynthetic plants and this particular way of photosynthesis allows the plants to take in carbon doxide at night and keep its stomatas shut during the day so it doesn't lose water in the heat and still photosynthesize
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∙ 14y agoThe fibrous, shallow roots of the desert cactus plant collect water. They spread out quickly and widely in search of below ground water. They're helped by the cactus' modified leaves.
Cactus leaves are modified into thorns, spines, spikes, quills, prongs, or bristles. They have a leaner, narrower, thinner look than the typical leaves of deciduous plants. With their smaller surface area, they lose less water to evaporation. They also manage to direct moisture down to the ground. There, the drops seep into the soil, where they can be taken up by the cactus roots.
Cactus roots also are helped by the cactus' stem. The cactus stem is thick on the outside, and full of juicy flesh on the inside. It's responsible for moving, processing and handling water, nutrient solutions, and energizing photosynthetic products. It's the storage area for the plant's water.
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∙ 13y agoSome plants have shallow, wide spread root systems for gathering as much water as possible, and some have deep root systems.
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∙ 11y agoPlants have long roots so they could reach water underground
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∙ 11y agobecause they store water like a camel does
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∙ 11y agoit rains a little in the desert so the cactus keeps its water to its own
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∙ 9y agoDesert plants get their water from the soil in which they are planted through their root system.
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What kind of insects live in the Great Sandy Desert?
A great variety of insects live in the Great Sandy Desert, particularly since they form a major part of the diet of some lizards, birds and omnivorous mammals there. Insects include the Desert tree cricket, desert cicadas, numerous ant and termite species, cockroaches, butterflies, moths, native bees, grasshoppers and beetles.
What animals live in saraha desert?
Lots of wonderful things live in the Rub-al-Khali Desert, such as, lovely little butterflys and gypsies
Does a desert rat live in a hole?
Basically desert animals need little water , and they like living in dry places so desert is a hot dry place suitable for animals epically camels . Some animals live in the desert. They live in homes made in the dirt. Many animals tend usually to hide during the day when the sun is very hot and comes out when the sun goes down because then it is quite cold Desert rats can live in the desert, because they know where to hide from the sun's heat. They hide in homes they have dug under the ground un the dry dirt. They sleep in the day instead of coming out into the sun. Then they come out as the sun goes down and it is not so hot.
Plants that live in the understory of rainforest must be adapted to which condition?
very little sunlight
What plant lives under water?
Plants such as seaweed, duckweed, algae, water lilies, etc. It all depends on whether it is fresh water or salt water.
What are xerophyte plants?
Plants that live in a desert or a very dry area.
How do desert plants live in sand?
Few desert plants live in sand. Most live in soil which may be a sandy soil but is not like sterile sand with little water and plant nutrition.
What is the name given to plants that grows in desert conditions?
Plants that grow in arid conditions are called xerophytes. They have adapted to live with little water.
Where does a plant that live in the destert get its water?
It rains in the desert, just not very often. So desert plants make every little bit if water that they get last until it rains again.
Do all plants need water including the plants that live in the desert?
Yes.
What problems do desert plants and rainforest plants have in regards to water?
Desert plants live in an almost perpetual state of drought. Rainforest plants often have too much water.
How do plants in the desert live without water?
They store water when it rains, inside of them
Do pebble plants live in the desert?
no they do not leave in desert because they need water, soil for living.
What biotic adaptations have desert plants made to address the abiotic factors in their environment?
Deserts are abiotic because there is much that is not living in them. Plants have adapted to live on very little water, store water, and live in very hot and dry conditions.
Why is there no plant life in the desert?
Nonvascular plants have no vascular tissue and no true roots, stems, leaves, or seeds. They are usually small and live in damp places. Non vascular plants don't have the tube that vascular plants have to store water; therefore they have to live near water.
Plants live in or near the water?
plants can live in all sorts of places. in water like cattails or whatever you call those things, then there's flowers and desert plants too. they can live about anywhere
How many plants live in the sahara desert?
i don't know, but i can tell you this by looking at the list at the international flora record organization's list of the sahara (note i will not say sahara desert because sahara means desert) is well over 5,000.
