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Thorns are used primarily as a line of defense on various plants to prevent herbivores from decimating their population. Without them, herbivores could eat their fill of local vegetation leaving almost none to survive and breed a new generation.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 15y agoThorns are grown by plants to protect themselves from grazing animals.
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What plants do not have thorns?
Is there a rose bushthat has no thorns.
Do tomato plants have thorns?
Chrysanthemums do not have thorns.
How are hooks and thorns important to climbing plants?
they help plants latch onto a surface so they can continue growing up
Which is an adaptation of plants for protection?
thorns
What are plant thorns?
Thorns are pointed and sharp parts of plants that protect them from being eaten or touch by their enemies
What plants do not have thorns?
Is there a rose bushthat has no thorns.
Do tomato plants have thorns?
Chrysanthemums do not have thorns.
How are hooks and thorns important to climbing plants?
they help plants latch onto a surface so they can continue growing up
What flowering plants have many thorns?
I believe roses have many thorns
Which is an adaptation of plants for protection?
thorns
Are thornless plants a mutation?
Most plants do not have thorns.
How plants protect themselves?
Some plants have thorns on them and that's so the animals can't eat the plant. Some plants have thorns on them and that's so the animals can't eat the plant.
What are plant thorns?
Thorns are pointed and sharp parts of plants that protect them from being eaten or touch by their enemies
What kind of adaptation are thorns?
Thorns are a defensive adaptation of plants against being eaten by grazing animals.
Parts of stems that protect plants from animals?
Thorns.
Do grape pineapple and pomegranate plants have thorns?
nope
Why do desert plan have thorns?
it is their evolutionary defense against attackers. In a desert environment, water is very scarce. Therefore, every small amount of water absorbed by plants is indispensable to plant survival. The purpose of thorns is to protect the fleshy stems (which contain water) of the cactus from predators.
