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The saguaro does not store large amounts of food. It does store large amounts of water with which it can use to produce food, along with carbon dioxide and sunlight.
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How far north do wild saguaro cactus live?
The desert is the habitat of the saguaro cactus [Carnegiea gigantea]. It's native to the Sonoran desert of northern Mexico and of the southwestern United States of America. It's a desert cactus that finds little in the way of competition among the sparse desert vegetation. It's adapted to situations of high heat and light, and of low humidity and moisture.
In what environment do you think it is very important for plants to store large amounts of water?
The desert, some kinds of cactus's can store enough water to get through several days or even several years without rainfall.
What minerals do plants store?
Plants store the mineral water as a source of nutrients, an example would be a cactus plant, storing large amount of water as the condition that it survives in hardly recieves rain.
What plants store food in stem?
sugarcane
How does the stem of a cactus help it survive in a environment?
The stem of a cactus is able to store water during rainy periods for use during a drought.
Why are saguaro cacti able to live in the desert?
The saguaro can store large amounts of water during the rainy season to survive during the dry times.
What is a saguaro cactus?
Saguaro is a large, tree-sized cactus species in the monotypic genus Carnegiea.
How far north do wild saguaro cactus live?
The desert is the habitat of the saguaro cactus [Carnegiea gigantea]. It's native to the Sonoran desert of northern Mexico and of the southwestern United States of America. It's a desert cactus that finds little in the way of competition among the sparse desert vegetation. It's adapted to situations of high heat and light, and of low humidity and moisture.
What is cactus that stores water in its stem called?
A cactus that stores water in its stem is called a stem succulent. The stem has tissues that are capable storing large quantities of water. The stem also has a thick waterproof epidermis covered by a waxy cuticle that prevents loss of water due by evaporation. Examples of stem succulents - Cardon Cactus, Organ Pipe Cactus, Saguaro Cactus
Can you drink the water from saguaro cactus plants?
It probably isn't a good idea to drink the water from the saguaro cactus [Carnegiea gigantea]. A cactus plant tends to store its water in bitter or toxic forms. This discourages predators from raiding precious water supplies. So a wiser choice are the saguaro's fruits, flowers, and seeds as sources of nutrition and water. Particularly the fruits and the seeds are succulent sources of drink and food.
Does a saguaro cactus have flowers or fruits?
same as other plants The only difference is they store what they need (like a balloon) for times when there is no food or water....their leaves have evovled into spines for protection and use their skin for sunlight collection as opposed to most plants that use their leaves for collection of heat and light...both collect water by root systems
In what environment do you think it is very important for plants to store large amounts of water?
The desert, some kinds of cactus's can store enough water to get through several days or even several years without rainfall.
Do mice store large amounts of food?
no they do not
What are three specific plants in the desert biome?
saguaro, palo verde tree, organ pipe cactus, tumbleweed, prickly pear cactus
Complex compounds that store large amounts of energy?
fats
What device can store large amounts of electricity when unplugged?
CRT
What are organic compounds that store and release large amounts of energy?
Lipids
