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Succulent plants and cacti need to store as much water whenever the rain should happen to fall. As the rain may be far between in desert areas, storing water is vital to help the plants to survive.
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If plants need light to grow why aren't the biggest plants In the desert?
Plants need more than light to grow, they also need water. The desert does not have sufficient water to support large plants except on an oasis.
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.
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
What do plants need a lot of water?
desert plants with long roots require less water.
Do all plants need water including the plants that live in the desert?
Yes.
Do pebble plants live in the desert?
no they do not leave in desert because they need water, soil for living.
How do desert plants survive in dry climate?
Because they come from desert and they don't need to to much water.
How do desert plants hold onto water?
They either store it in their trunks/stems like the baobab tree or the cactus. Or, they just need very little of it to survive.
Why do green plants need food from the store?
Some plants need to store extra food and water to help them survive brief changes in their environments.
What kind of vegetation is in the desert?
Plants that can survive with little or even no water for a long time and rely mostly on sunlight for energy. Cacti store collected rain water inside their hollow bodies until they need it.
What plants store food?
normally all plants store food cuz they use the leaves o store food, what they need is sunlight and water.
How do plants live in a place with little water?
they store it and drink it when they need it
