botany
Botany
Biodiversity
Plants have a significant affect on the biodiversity in the desert. There are more than 270 different species of desert plants. In order to survive in the dry desert, cacti store water in their trunks. Cacti also help other animals, mostly birds, to survive. Some birds eat the fruit or nectar produced by a cactus's flowers. Some birds will even take shelter inside a cactus. Cacti have definitely helped out several different desert birds.
Plants have a significant affect on the biodiversity in the desert. There are more than 270 different species of desert plants. In order to survive in the dry desert, cacti store water in their trunks. Cacti also help other animals, mostly birds, to survive. Some birds eat the fruit or nectar produced by a cactus's flowers. Some birds will even take shelter inside a cactus. Cacti have definitely helped out several different desert birds.
How have plants affected the desert's biodiversity?
Plants give shelter to desert animals. Trees provide shade and shelter, cacti provide food, and flowers provide food. The benefits that plants have given to the animals of the desert has helped the different species thrive, even in a place as barren as a desert.
Why visit?
The desert is home to hundreds of different types of unique wildflowers, cacti, grasses, trees, and shrubs. A majority of these plant cannot be seen anywhere besides the warm climate of a hot desert.
Plants give shelter to desert animals. Trees provide shade and shelter, cacti provide food, and flowers provide food. The benefits that plants have given to the animals of the desert has helped the different species thrive, even in a place as barren as a desert.
Why visit?
The desert is home to hundreds of different types of unique wildflowers, cacti, grasses, trees, and shrubs. A majority of these plant cannot be seen anywhere besides the warm climate of a hot desert.
Desert lily
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locoweed
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saguaro cactus
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