Cactus plants are the dominant vegetation in the desert. They grow in harsh, severe environments in which they have no strong plant competitors. This is another way in which they differ from jungle cactus. In the humid, moist environment of the tropical jungle, cactus plants face competition from other vegetation. But they have a working relationship with trees upon whose trunks and branches they anchor their airy, soil-less roots.
Cacti grow in a variety of habitats - deserts, grasslands, steppes and some species even grow in the rainforest. All are plants of the Americas only and do not grow naturally elsewhere unless planted there by man.
Most cacti prefer rocky hillsides with fast draining soils. Only deserts in the Americas have cacti. There do not occur naturally outside of the Americas,
We find cactus plants in the places where the environment is extremely dry like Atacama desert!!
The Simpson desert contains many types of vegetation including the Barrel Cactus, Organ Pipe Cactus. Saguaro Cactus, Prickly Pear Cactus.
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A cactus is a plant that flowers not a tree. Most plants have flowers you can't say a cactus is a flower.
All cacti are vascular plants, including the barrel cactus.
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no The term ‘vegetable’ generally means the edible parts of plants, and has little meaning otherwise. The cactus is not a fruit, and so probably falls into the category of “vegetable’.
The dominant vegetation in the taiga are Coniferous forests. (Coniferous Trees)
The Simpson desert contains many types of vegetation including the Barrel Cactus, Organ Pipe Cactus. Saguaro Cactus, Prickly Pear Cactus.
The saguaro only grows in the deserts of Arizona. If they were not protected, commercial cactus nurseries would quickly remove the plants to sell for landscaping across the warmer regions of the southwest. Texas has no such rules and areas that were once covered by a variety of cactus species and other desert vegetation are now devoid of these interesting plants.
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Cactus, like other plants, uses photosynthesis to get energy.
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aquatic vegetation are plants that grow underwater while vegetation are plants that just grow on land.
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Yes it does, because it is a living plant.
Cactus plants use their stems for storage. So that's where starches are stored. In fact, stems are where a cactus plant stores everything. Other, non cactus plants may use their roots for storage. But cactus roots are much too fibrous and shallow.