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Shrubs, rough grasses, and palm trees make up much of the region’s plant life. Olive, cypress, and acacia trees grow in the highlands. Animals of the desert include gerbils, hedgehogs, gazelles, baboons, hyenas, and foxes.
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However, desert plants have adapted their photosynthesis process to maximize efficiency and minimize water loss. One adaptation of desert plants is their ability to perform a type of photosynthesis called CAM (Crassulacean Acid Metabolism).
21 Αυγ 2019 · Plants need to exchange gases and water with their environment as part of photosynthesis. Some plant cells have evolved specifically for this purpose. Take a moment and imagine that you live in the Sahara desert. Not in a house, or a tent, but outside, with the sun, sand and vultures.
3 ημέρες πριν · The vegetation of the Sahara is particularly noteworthy for its many unusual adaptations to unreliable precipitation. These are variously seen in morphology—including root structure, a broad range of physiological adaptations, site preferences, dependency and affinity relationships, and reproductive strategies.
12 Απρ 2019 · Plants that thrive in the Sahara desert include Laperrine's olive tree, doum palm tree, lovegrass, wild desert gourds, peyote cactus, date palm tree, desert thyme, tobacco tree, tamarisk shrub and Ephedra alata.
5 Ιουλ 2022 · Desert plants are adapted to survive in extremely hot and dry conditions. However, climate change is causing the desert to heat up even further, making it harder for these plants to survive.
Some desert plants sprout and bloom only when it rains. Desert animals also have adaptations that help them survive without much water. Kangaroo rats in the Sonoran Desert get water from...
