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Why does a cactus seed lie dormant for many years?

Anonymous

∙ 12y ago

Updated: 9/24/2023

Cactsus seeds can lie dormant for many years so that they can survive until they have enough water to germinate and sprout. In the desert, many years may need to pass before enough water falls in the right season for cactus seeds to germinate.

Wiki User

∙ 12y ago

What else can I help you with?

Is a cactus grown from a seed or a bulb or spores?

A cactus grows from a seed.

What is the respiratory rate of a dormant seed versus a germinated seed?

foe a dormant seed it is almost negligible and for a germinated seed it is more.

How do you make a cactus?

From a cactus seed.

A seed that is resting?

A seed that is resting is 'dormant'.

What is a seed in a resting stage?

Dormant seed

Which seed can survive long?

sunflower seed

What is called the resting stage?

dormant condition

If a seed is hard and dry then it is?

dormant

What is a seed in a resting state?

dormant

When they seed is resting state it is?

It is dormant.

What is dormant in a flower?

maybe the answer is SEED

What do you call a seed that is inactive?

Dormant