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Cactus plants grow in relatively arid climates, and they retain water more efficiently by having thicker structures with a higher proportion of volume to surface area than you would find in other types of plants.
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What plants have underground stems?
Cactus
Where do cactus plants store starch?
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.
Are cactus plants trees?
They are succulent plants, having thick fleshy leaves or stems to store water
How have plants adapted to life in the cold desert?
they store water in their stems,forexample, cactus plant
What is the name of the swollen part of a underground stem?
why are underground stems usually swollen? why are underground stems usually swollen?
What liquids do cactus plants have?
In terms of liquids, cactus plants have water and watery products and solutions inside their stems. For example, their stems hold and process nutrient solutions and water from the dissolved nutrients and water that their roots take in from the soil. They have energizing photosynthetic products from the interaction of the green stem with sunlight.
How do plants hold water?
Cactus plants hold water temporarily in their roots. They also hold it temporarily on their modified leaves. They hold it permanently in their stems.
Which cactus plants store water in their stems?
Cactus plants hold water temporarily in their roots. They also hold it temporarily on their modified leaves. They hold it permanently in their stems.
What is a suculant plant?
Succulent plants have adapted to dry, arid conditions, by storing water in its fleshy leaves and swollen stems.
How are cactus plants adapted to store water in the desert?
While cacti do store some water in the tissues of their stems, the belief that one only as to cut open a cactus to find drinking water is a myth. Not only that, many cacti have toxic substances in their tissues which would make you sorry you ever ate a cactus.
What is a gall wasp?
A wasp that lays its eggs in the stems of plants. A plant with such an egg in it grows a greatly swollen tumor call a gall.
How do stems store food and water?
If you know what a cactus you'll know it but if you don't know some plants really store food and water in their stems and did you know I am just a 10 year old
