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Cactus roots are adapted to take in water and store it below ground. Moisture may be taken from a wider below ground area by shallow, fibrous roots. Some of the water is sent upwards for joint food making with the sun through the process of photosynthesis. Some of the water is stored for use during extended droughts. For example, moisture may be stored below ground in swollen or tuberous roots.
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What plant has an adaptation to the desert?
cactus
Why do roots of a cactus plant spread just below surface of ground?
The roots of a cactus plant spread just below the surface of the ground to quickly absorb any moisture that falls as precipitation. This adaptation allows the cactus to maximize water uptake during rare rainfall events in arid environments. Additionally, shallow roots help the cactus stabilize itself in the sandy or rocky soil typical of its habitat.
What type of roots does a cactus plant have?
It has fibre root.
Plant showing water loss adaptation?
i dont what you meen but a cactus
What are the adaptations of the Cactus plant?
One adaptation of the prickly pear cactus [Opuntia spp] is its closeness to the ground. This proximity means that little moisture is loss on the way from the plant's water channeling spines, to the ground, and into the cactus' roots. Another adaptation is its defense mechanism, in the intimidating aspect and the painful impact of its barbed spines and bristles. Still another adaptation is the flexibility of its stem. The stem moves, processes and stores water, nutrient solutions, and energizing photosynthetic products. It gets larger with greater amounts of stored supplies, and smaller with lesser. Yet another is the spreading, shallow, fibrous nature of its roots. A cactus' roots are most effective and efficient in aggressively seeking out and capturing available soil moisture.
Are cactus roots?
The cactus root in the ground beneath the cactus plant.
How does the very long roots of the cactus plant enable the plant to survive in very dry conditions?
when the cactus is none of sun it can survive
Do cactus grow slowly?
Cactus are a desert plant, and so need to send their roots deep down for their food.
If the roots are cut and the cactus removed but some roots remain below ground will the cactus regrow?
Yes, cactus plants have roots.Specifically, a cactus plant needs roots to take in moisture and dissolved nutrients from the soil. It is upon this underground supply of moisture and dissolved nutrients that the entire plant depends for survival and growth. Additionally, roots keep the plant anchored in the ground or - in the case of epiphytic cactus plants - to the branches of trees.
If a leafy plant has damaged roots how can a new plant be made?
there s a type of adaptation that the plant use
What is a structural adaptation of prickly pear cactus?
thick and waxy skin, spiky leaves, flexible stem and shallow roots.
Where water is stored in cactus plant?
In the stems. It grows it's roots far out to get nutrients and water from the soil.
