The saguaro(right) is your stereotypical cactus: tall, green, spiky water barrels with "branches" reaching out towards the sky. Many animals depend on cacti such as the saguaro. Owls and various other birds nest in it, bobcats and birds use it as a lookout, and when the white flowers bloom, butterflies and bats sip its nectar. |
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The hardy tree at right is the acacia tree.
It resembles those trees you see a lot in Lion King.
Its branches are covered with thorns, but goats in the desert seem to have no problem climbing up and eating from these trees.
It resembles those trees you see a lot in Lion King.
Its branches are covered with thorns, but goats in the desert seem to have no problem climbing up and eating from these trees.
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To the right is a dragon's blood tree. These plants have strangely shaped tops, and they look like gigantic, wooded, green mushrooms. The large and tightly-packed crown provides ample shade and somehow reduces evaporation. Thanks to the shade, seeds have a greater chance of surviving. This would also explain why clusters of these trees are found close together.
Due to these adaptations, dragon's blood trees have a high survival rate even in arid regions; they can thrive in thin and rocky soil with no problems at all.