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Desert An extremely dry area with little water and few plants
comes back every year
Perennial (berries, asparagus, rhubarb, artichokes, kale/collards, garlic,
radicchio, horseradish, watercress, Jerusalem artichoke, ostrich
ferns, ramps, scarlet runner beans, sorrel)
, Annual have to replant
(all the other vegetables - cucurbits (cucumbers, zucchinis,
melons, etc.), nightshades/Solanaceae (tomatoes, tomatillos,
eggplants, potatoes, peppers), beans, amaranth, Brassicaceae
(broccoli, mustard, cauliflower, etc.), carrots
How is Sonoran Desert Temperature +
climate changing Rainfall -
Climate Change effects on •Distribution of precipitation changes spatially and temporally
Precipitation
•More episodic (less frequent and more intense)
•More floods and droughts (storms)
Plants make up ___% of the 80%
earth's biomass
What molecule (not atom) Cellulose
makes up most of a plant's
biomass?
What plant organ obtains Roots
water?
If it's dry, where do you
want to allocate
resources?
What plant organ creates Leaves
sugar used for growth?
If you want to be able to
grow fast (cellulose), where
should you allocate
resources?
What plant organ collects Leaves
light?