Leaves have evolved into spines on the cactus.
A cactus has no leaves but does have a stem.
it may or may not depending on speices.
In a desert, they adapt so that they are able to hold in and store more water. For example, there is a cactus.
Cactus are desert plants.Their leaves have turned into thrones.
Cactus
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.
Carbon Dioxide Leaves Oxygen
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.
The ocotillo sprouts leaves a day or two after a good rain in the desert. It blooms in the late winter.
Leaves provide extra surface area for water to evaporate out of the plant. In the arid desert, plants need all the water they can get.
Leaves provide extra surface area for water to evaporate out of the plant. In the arid desert, plants need all the water they can get.
It doesn't adapt. Cephalocereus senilis is a species of cactus native to Guanajuato and Hidalgo in eastern Mexico and does not grow naturally in the Sahara. All cacti are natives to the Americas only and do not grow naturally elsewhere.