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How is it unusual for a cactus plant to grow in a coastal forest?
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It's unusual for a desert cactus to grow in a cool, humidcoastal forest. The humidity tends to be too high for a desert cactus to survive. Depending upon the temperature range, it's possible that the desert cactus won't adapt to the coastal forest's cooler temperatures.
A desert cactus is used to higher levels of heat and light, and lower levels of moisture and vegetative competition. But depending once again upon the temperature extremes, a jungle cactus may not be so unusual. It's used to greater vegetative competition; higher heat and moisture levels; and lower light levels. It also is used to growing up and around trees.
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Is the cactus an unusual plant?
Yes, the cactus is an unusual plant. It tends to be grouped into two broad categories that are based on the biome in which it's found. One group is that of the desert cactus. This group is unusual for its successful survival in the harsh, extreme environment of strong sunlight and little moisture. The other group is that of the jungle cactus. This group is unusual for its successful survival in the enervating environment of much moisture and little direct sunlight.
What plant group does a plant cactus belong to?
the cactus belongs in the plant group.
What is the name of a cactus plant branch?
A cactus plant branch :D
Diagram with label of cactus plant?
well a cactus plant has many parts like flowers
What makes an angiosperm such as the Christmas cactus unusual?
An angiosperm, or flowering plant, such as the Christmas cactus [Schlumbergera and Zygocactus spp] is unusual, because of its native environment. The holiday cactus is native to the Brazilian rain forest. The extreme environment of subtropical and tropical environments demands certain changes for a plant to survive. So, for example, the holiday cactus has airy roots that don't grow out of soil. It also has green or red grape like inedible fruit that mustn't be bitten into, chewed, or swallowed. Also, it has strongly colored flowers that are set off by leafless, notched stems. And despite the preceding environmentally influenced peculiarities, it has winning tendencies to adapt and fit right into the business and home with other house and office plants.
What is a cactus's diet?
A cactus is a plant. It does not eat.
What organism is a cactus?
A cactus is a plant, a dicot.
What does the top of a cactus do?
The tip of a cactus is where growth occurs in a cactus plant. If this is badly damaged the plant may die or begin to grow elsewhere in the plant giving the plant an abnormal appearance.
Are cactus spines alive?
Yes, cactus spines are living parts of the cactus plant. They owe their existence to growth buds on the plant's surface. From the growth buds also come a cactus plant's flowers.
Is the barrel cactus a nonvascular plant that lives in the desert?
No, the barrel cactus is a vascular plant.
Are cactus roots?
The cactus root in the ground beneath the cactus plant.
Difference between cactus and money plant?
cactus is thomy while a money plant is leafy.
