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Why are cacti perfect desert plants?

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14y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

because they have CAM photosynthesis (they absorb CO2 at night), they don't have leaves with large surface area (the spines are leaves) to save water (minimizes transpiration), They photosynthesize through the stem rather than the leaf.

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