Prickly Pear pads can pop up quickly. In as little as one year, the clusters of pads will grow to four feet high at maturity. The earliest it can be harvested as a tasty fruit is five years.
Enjoy! They are really tasty with honey.
Leaves provide extra surface area for water to evaporate out of the plant. In the arid desert, plants need all the water they can get.
Cactus plants belong to the group of succulent plants, which are characterized by their ability to store water in their stems, leaves, or roots. Succulent plants have adapted to arid environments, making them well-suited to survive in conditions with limited water availability.
The general name is a succulent or a cactus.
they store water in their stems,forexample, cactus plant
A cactus is deeply rooted and, even in a hot desert, there may be dampness below. Also, whenever it does rain, the cactus will store water in special cells that cause the cactus to swell. Another adaptation is that a cactus's covering is waxy to prevent water loss. While it may be hot during the day, temperatures can plummet at night.
It probably isn't a good idea to drink the water from the saguaro cactus [Carnegiea gigantea]. A cactus plant tends to store its water in bitter or toxic forms. This discourages predators from raiding precious water supplies. So a wiser choice are the saguaro's fruits, flowers, and seeds as sources of nutrition and water. Particularly the fruits and the seeds are succulent sources of drink and food.
no because you wouldn't be able to go inside the cactus
to drink
yes
As a cactus is a form of a plant, it will require sunlight for photosynthesis and water to stop it from drying out and to help the cactus plant grow.
A cactus?
a cactus holds water the most
The water from the cactus could be cleaner.
No. While cacti do store water in their stems, the water is in the tissues of the plant and not a simple reservoir Also, some cacti can be toxic to consume and several species are hallucenogenic if eaten.
Not really
There a plenty of adaptations plants have and this would be a long answer. with that said look at the cactus for example. This plant not only stores water within for a very long time but also has needles that do several different things. The needles of a cactus shade the the cactus, not having leaves means less need for water, the needles are able to slow water down when in falls on the plant, in order for the plant to collect as much water as possible and since this plant must store water for a long time, the needles protect it from predator's Also cactus are completely green, doing away with leaves and allowing the skin of the plant to do the photosynthesis needed.
The pronoun that takes the place of the noun cactus is it.Example: A cactus is a good plant because you can forget to water it.