🌵Plant Adaptations🌿

  1. Needs for Water

Grassland

Rainforest

Desert

Cacti

Hot, not a lot of rainfall

Thick stem

Spines

Keep safe from animals

Thin leaves

Roots grow deep

Hot, dry for long periods of time

Rose of Jericho

Dry areas of Middle East

Dry periods: Curl up

Stay like that for years

A lot of rain

Waxy leaves, special tips

Shed water

  1. Needs for Light

Rainforest floor

Pretty shady

Provide

Shade

Protect against

Water loss

Store

Water

Escape

Less water

Reach

Water down below

Grow

Large leaves

Take in

Much sunlight

Grow

Toward brighter areas

Kudzu

Climb

Tall trees

Get out

Reach

Shade

Sunny areas

  1. Needs for Nutrients

Many plants

Some plants

Get

Nutrients from soil

Soil doesn't have a lot of nutrients

Air plants

Mistletoe

The Venus Flytrap,
Pitcher Plant

Use

Animals for food

Get

Nutrients & water from air

Live off

Animals

Other plants

Steals

Nutrients & Water

Spread

Seeds

  1. Reproduce

Spread

Spread

Pollen

Seeds

Bright colors & scents

Attract

Animals

Wind

Seedpods

Fruit

Eaten

Animals

Maple tree seeds

Have

Thin wings

Devil's claw

Long hooks

Get stuck

Animals