All cactus plants have fibrous, shallow roots. They need this kind of root in order to spread quickly and widely throughout the soil in search of moisture. They don't need thicker roots, because they don't have storage responsibilities within the cactus plant's division of labor. Instead, those responsibilities are carried out by the fleshy, thick stem.
As with all terrestrial plants, cacti absorb water through their roots.
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.
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Cactus plants hold water temporarily in their roots. They also hold it temporarily on their modified leaves. They hold it permanently in their stems.
The rate of growth of sand cactus plants depends upon the particular environment and on the particular age and overall health of the plant. Cactus plants handle a wide range of soils. But they prefer a free draining soil that holds some moisture. Moisture tends to drain quickly out of sand. So how well the cactus does depends upon how well its roots are able to capture moisture before it's all gone. It also depends upon how much of that moisture the roots are able to send up into the plant, for life sustaining activities.
What happens to a spineless cactus depends upon the kind of cactus and its environment. Going spineless may not be the worse thing that can happen to a cactus. In fact, not all cactus plants have spines. For example, the peyote cactus [Lophophora williamsii] is spineless. Its defense mechanism instead is the powerful hallucinogen mescaline that it contains.
No, not all plants possess roots. Some plants, like mosses and ferns, do not have true roots but instead have structures that serve a similar function.
All cacti are vascular plants, including the barrel cactus.
all have flowers except cactus
Not all plants have roots (eg phytoplankton) and while some plants do grow form their roots (eg grasses), most plants do not grow from their roots but from their apical growing tip.
Yes, all land plants have leaves. It is proving true because all plants do but grass. Because is like a weed and sea plants don't count. Because this theory is for just land. And don't listen to B.C.B is his is a non believer
they would all look the same