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Prevent other animals from eating them.
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Prevent animals from eating them
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Why are plant leaves rough?
Some plants have small hairs on them for protection. Some of these hairs can produce substances that animals hate such as sticky substances. These hairs can also act as an insulator to the plant.
Why does a rose plant have thorns?
No, not on the roses but on their pinesues. So that nothing can eat them. It is a defense mechanism. If an animal bites into a rose, and gets a mouthful of thorns, they won't want to eat it anymore.
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.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of producing many small leaves instead of fewer large leaves?
An advantage of a plant or tree having small leaves is not needing much water.
What is one way water can cycle through a plant?
One way water can cycle through a plant is through transpiration, which is where moisture is absorbed from the soil by the plant's roots and carried to small pores on the underside of the leaves. As it collects on the underside of the leaves, it evaporates and is released into the atmosphere.
Why are plant leaves rough?
Some plants have small hairs on them for protection. Some of these hairs can produce substances that animals hate such as sticky substances. These hairs can also act as an insulator to the plant.
What is the Makahiya plant special structure for adaptation?
melody o balicoco
What is a small plant with stinging hairs?
nettle
What tree with thorns is native to Arkansas and bears a small citrus fruit?
Honey locust or thorny locust, depending on the number of thorns. The thorny locust has thorns covering the trunk, while the honey locust has fewer thorns. They have small, multiple oval leaves off each leave branch.
How do you tell when it is time to harvest a plant?
If you talking about weed which i think you are, then you harvest when the hairs are half way brown that will give a head/body high if you wait till they are all brown you will get a couch lock high hope that helped
Why does a rose plant have thorns?
No, not on the roses but on their pinesues. So that nothing can eat them. It is a defense mechanism. If an animal bites into a rose, and gets a mouthful of thorns, they won't want to eat it anymore.
What plant has very small leaves?
canapea
How big are cactus thorns?
They vary in size from species to species and my be the size of nails or like small hairs.
How does the pumpkin plant protect itself?
The pumpkin plant grows thin hairs along the stems. These prevent some insects from getting into the stems and can be annoying to small birds and animals.
Small openings on the epidermis of plant leaves?
stomata
What sort of leaves does the moss plant have?
Moss plants have small, flat, thin leaves
What is a plant with small leaves that have spores?
Ferns fit that specification.
