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It is adapted because it uses it's deep roots to find water.
The mesquite also has thorns, which keep animals from eating the shoots it puts out. During the rainy season, large numbers of seed pods grow and are dropped on the ground, leading to extensive propagation.
Some of the most commonly seen and prominent plants in the Chihuahuan Desert are mesquite, creosote bush, yuccas and ocotillos.
The most commonly seen plants in the Chihuahuan Desert are mesquite, creosote bush, yuccas, ocotillo and opuntia cacti.
In American deserts - cacti, yucca plants, and ocotillo, mesquite, creosote bush, palo verde, etc.
These are changes that help a plant species survive in its environment. We will see how plants survive underwater, in the desert, and where the soil lacks nutrients. You might already be familiar with some of these specialized plants. For example, the seaweed is a plant adapted for its underwater environment. Cacti are adapted for the desert environment. And you might be familiar with the Venus fly trap plant that is adapted for living in soil that doesn't provide enough nutrients. Some plants even have their own self-defense system in place to ward off insects and other critters. The rose bush, for example, has thorns to keep away predators.
Each desert has its own particular flora. Even different areas of the same desert can have different plants than a neighboring area. In parts of the United States some deserts will have thick stands of creosote bush or mesquite while colder deserts may have dense areas of sage.
The cast of A Desert Bush - 1991 includes: George Bush as himself
The ocotillo sprouts leaves a day or two after a good rain in the desert. It blooms in the late winter.
It hides its bush
Vegetation includes creosote bush, desert holly, and mesquite at the lower elevations up through shadscale, blackbrush, Joshua tree, pinyon-juniper, to sub-alpine limber pine and bristlecone pine woodlands.
the creosote bush lives in the desert