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Many desert plants only sprout and or grow during and after a rainy season in the desert. The remainder of the year when water is scarce the plants are, basically, dormant. They shut down most of their systems waiting for better times. Some desert plants have long tap roots that they can use to tap into moisture hidden deep in the soil.
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How are the plants in a desert ecosystem most likely to differ from the plants in a rain forest ecosystem?
Plants in the desert can sustain water and do not need as much of it. Plants in wet climates require much more water than desert plants.
What problems do desert plants and rainforest plants have in regards to water?
Desert plants live in an almost perpetual state of drought. Rainforest plants often have too much water.
What type of plants grow without water?
Desert plants
What desert has water and plants growing in it?
Nearly every desert has water somewhere, sometimes underground, and nearly all deserts have some plants growing in them.
What do plants need a lot of water?
desert plants with long roots require less water.
Water lilies do not grow in desert sand because water availability to these plants in a desert is?
Limiting factor
How are desert plants different from plants?
Desert plants have evolved to store water. They have needles instead of leaves. They have spongy stems to store water. They only flower in times of good rain.
Do desert plants or rain forest plants have more stomata?
Yes They Do. This is because the plants in desert plants need to retain as much moisture as possible. The plants in the forest don't because its moist enough. So the plants in the forest have more stomata then plants in the desert.
What are xerophyte plants?
Plants that live in a desert or a very dry area.
A place in the desert where there are water and plants?
An oasis is an area of the desert where water can be found.An oasis is an area of the desert where water can be found.
Why do photosynthesis takes place in desert plants?
a cactus does well in the desert because it stores water for itself and therefore does not need to be somewhere where it rains a lot
Do all plants need water including the plants that live in the desert?
Yes.
