Cacti are perhaps the best-known desert plants. They have thick stems that store water, and sparse leaves that minimize evaporation. Some cacti, such as the saguaro, can grow to be over 20 feet tall.

The Southwest is no stranger to sweltering conditions, and desert plants and trees are drought ... the sun had bleached the tissue of its shiny leaves. Down another street, a pair of mulberry ...

An evergreen desert shrub common in the Middle East excretes salt crystals onto its leaves that may help the plant absorb moisture from the air. “Not only does the plant use some water ...

Here are a few of their strategies. Leaf adaptations: Plants transpire water through pores in their leaves called stomata. Desert plants try to avoid having large leaves, since plants can lose a ...

Alternatively, you can use neem oil or insecticidal soap, making sure to cover the undersides of the leaves and all the lower ...

“This paper provides a new level of detailed understanding of how some desert plants can both excrete salt and use it to take up water from the air into leaves,” says plant physiologist and ...

“They stick to the surface.” From there, the water dissipates in the desert heat, leaving behind white salt crystals on the plants’ leaves. And during the night, as the video ...