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Is ficus religiosa a CAM plant?
Yes, Ficus religiosa, commonly known as the sacred fig or peepal tree, is a C3 plant, not a CAM plant. CAM plants use a specialized photosynthetic pathway called Crassulacean Acid Metabolism to adapt to arid environments by opening their stomata at night to conserve water and perform photosynthesis during the day.
Is agapanthus africanus a CAM plant?
Yes, Agapanthus africanus is a C3 plant, not a CAM plant. CAM (Crassulacean Acid Metabolism) plants have a unique photosynthetic adaptation to conserve water by opening their stomata at night.
Can you name a plant that has adapted to its environment?
All plants are more or less adapted to their environment, but to give a specific example we take the cactus. A CAM plant that closes it's stomata in the daylight to conserve moisture and opening the stomata at night to let CO2 in then, having spines to protect itself generally and specifically to protect itself from animals trying to get it's stored moisture. Small surface area of leaves to protect them from over exposure.
How do some trees like peepul and neem even emit oxygen at night time?
Most plants largely uptake Carbon dioxide (CO{-2})and release oxygen during the day (photosynthesis) and uptake oxygen and release CO{-2} during the night (respiration). Some plants such as Peepal tree can uptake CO{-2} during the night as well because of their ability to perform a type of photosynthesis called Crassulacean Acid Metabolism (CAM). However, it is not true that they release large amounts of oxygen during the night. CAM is one of the three types of photosynthesis pathways occurring commonly in plants; the other two being C3 and C4 pathways. Of these, C3 is the most common among land plants. CAM occurs primarily in desert plants and epiphytes (plants that live on other plants, usually large trees). CAM plants do not open their stomata during the day in order to minimise water loss. During the night, they open their stomata and fix CO{-2} in the form of malate . During the day, they breakdown the malate and use the released CO2 through Kalvin cycle to produce sugars, similar to C3 plants. However, CAM is an energy inefficient reaction and hence plants use CAM only during certain conditions. Peepal tree is a hemi-epiphyte in its native habitat i.e. the seeds germinate and grow as an epiphyte on other trees and then when the host-tree dies, they establish on the soil. It has been suggested that when they live as epiphyte, they use CAM pathway to produce carbohydrates and when they live on soil, they switch to C3 type photosynthesis. So, Peepal tree would either release or not release CO{-2} in the night depending on if they are epiphytic or not. For other CAM plants, it would depend on if they have adequate water or not, or other environmental factors.
How does the process of CAM photosynthesis work?
In brief, CAM photosynthesis occurs in plants which may have to conserve water. These plants close the stomata in the daylight, and open them at night. Thus conserving most (>90%) of the water otherwise lost due to transpiration.During the night they absorb CO2 and store it in an acid, hence the CAM - Crassulacean Acid Metabolism.The Crassulacea refers to a plant family in which the mechanism was first studied - it is NOT the metabolism of Crassulacean Acid. The acid was named after the plant.Many of the plant families in which this CAM process occur are those that may have to withstand drought. The great variety of Families of plants (both Angisperms and Gymnosperms) covers many hundreds of Genera, indicates that this mechanism has been discovered many times - a natural convergent evolution.Pineapple and Cacti are very common plants using CAM, but plants such as mosses and Quillworts (Isoetales) also use it. These lowly plants must often have a water problem. Perching orchids are another obvious group of adaptees.
What is an example of an cam plant?
Pineapples and cactus.
What is example of a CAM plant?
Pineapples and cactus.
Is ficus religiosa a CAM plant?
Yes, Ficus religiosa, commonly known as the sacred fig or peepal tree, is a C3 plant, not a CAM plant. CAM plants use a specialized photosynthetic pathway called Crassulacean Acid Metabolism to adapt to arid environments by opening their stomata at night to conserve water and perform photosynthesis during the day.
What is an example of a CAM plant?
An example of a CAM plant is a pineapple. CAM plants, also known as Crassulacean Acid Metabolism plants, have adapted to arid environments by opening their stomata at night to reduce water loss through transpiration and storing carbon dioxide in the form of organic acids. This allows them to perform photosynthesis during the day when it is hot and dry.
How is a CAM plant to its environment?
A CAM plant conserves moisture during the day.
Is corn a CAM plant?
No. Corn is a C4 plant.
Is Carpobrotus edulis a CAM plant?
It is a facultive CAM which means it can switch between C3 and CAM depending on the conditions.
Is Maize a CAM plant?
No, maize is not a CAM (Crassulacean Acid Metabolism) plant. Maize follows the C4 photosynthetic pathway, which is different from the CAM pathway in terms of carbon fixation and timing of metabolic processes.
Is agapanthus africanus a CAM plant?
Yes, Agapanthus africanus is a C3 plant, not a CAM plant. CAM (Crassulacean Acid Metabolism) plants have a unique photosynthetic adaptation to conserve water by opening their stomata at night.
Is prickly peare cactus a c3 or c4 plant?
The prickly pear cactus is a CAM plant, not a C3 or C4 plant. CAM plants use a different carbon fixation pathway called Crassulacean Acid Metabolism that helps them conserve water by opening their stomata at night.
How are the higher cells in a plant cell adapted to photosynthesis?
They are able to undergo photosynthesis based on their adaptation to the environment. One such example is the CAM plant, which have become adapted to the dry environment and is able to perform photosynthesis at the optimum time.
Where is CAM used?
In a tree and beyond the hills in a computer industry by elves
