Barrel Cactus
The Barrel cactus is a very unique plant, it is one of the small amount of plants that can adapt to the desert.Not a lot of plants can adapt to the desert because of the temperatures that the dessert offers to the world. How the Barrel cactus gets easily adapted to the desert is that first of all its root system. The root system helps the barrel cactus because it gets all of the water it can as fast as possible when it rains, it also gets all of the nutrients it needs as fast as it can too. The second thing is that the spines you might think that it has no use, but no the spines make a really good job from protecting them from the animals, and heat. And another thing that helps the Barrel Cactus adapt to the desert is its flowers like the ones below, how they help is that it attracts the pollinators and with the pollinators they reproduce.
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BARREL CACTUS: www.buzzle.com
BARREL CACTUS: www.buzzle.com