desert brittle bush
The brittle bush needs only the soil for its minerals.
Any green plant: bush, tree, vine, vegetable, cactus or other, is not a decomposer. It is a producer.
Desert bighorn sheep and mule deer will eat brittle bush. Kangaroo rats will eat its seeds. Brittle brush is also known as encelia farinosa.
Little tush
herbivore
The brittle bush lives in rocky hillsides, dry slopes ,and washes. It is very sensitive to cold so it has to be in warm temperatures.
Simpson Desert
sagebrush,cactus,ocotillo,brittle bush,mojave aster,and desert ironwoodPut
Brittle Brush can survive because it has good adaptation to its enviroment, and it does not take that long for Brittle Brush to adapt to its enviroment.
A sunflower is a producer. It is not a decomposer.
A wallaby is not a decomposer. It is a consumer.