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    Xerophytes and Hydrophytes

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    Zainurain Idrissi School
    This document discusses the adaptations of two types of plants: xerophytes and hydrophytes. Xerophytes, or desert plants, have adaptations like well-established root systems, short life cycles, thick waxy cuticles, and opening stomata only at night to survive in dry, hot desert environments. Hydrophytes, or water plants, have adaptations like air spaces in their tissues to help them float, specialized roots called pneumatophores that reach above water to access CO2, and thin cuticles to survive in aquatic environments like ponds, rivers, and swamps.

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    This document discusses the adaptations of two types of plants: xerophytes and hydrophytes. Xerophytes, or desert plants, have adaptations like well-established root systems, short life cycles, thick waxy cuticles, and opening stomata only at night to survive in dry, hot desert environments. Hydrophytes, or water plants, have adaptations like air spaces in their tissues to help them float, specialized roots called pneumatophores that reach above water to access CO2, and thin cuticles to survive in aquatic environments like ponds, rivers, and swamps.

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    This document discusses the adaptations of two types of plants: xerophytes and hydrophytes. Xerophytes, or desert plants, have adaptations like well-established root systems, short life cycles, thick waxy cuticles, and opening stomata only at night to survive in dry, hot desert environments. Hydrophytes, or water plants, have adaptations like air spaces in their tissues to help them float, specialized roots called pneumatophores that reach above water to access CO2, and thin cuticles to survive in aquatic environments like ponds, rivers, and swamps.

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    Xerophytes and Hydrophytes

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    Zainurain Idrissi School
    This document discusses the adaptations of two types of plants: xerophytes and hydrophytes. Xerophytes, or desert plants, have adaptations like well-established root systems, short life cycles, thick waxy cuticles, and opening stomata only at night to survive in dry, hot desert environments. Hydrophytes, or water plants, have adaptations like air spaces in their tissues to help them float, specialized roots called pneumatophores that reach above water to access CO2, and thin cuticles to survive in aquatic environments like ponds, rivers, and swamps.

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    Adaptations of

    Plants
    Xerophytes and Hydrophytes
    Adaptations of Plants
     Plants can survive in many extreme
    environments.
     Xerophytes – Desert Plants Hydrophytes
     – Water Plants (live in ponds, rivers and
    swamps)
     In order to survive in these environments,
    these plants need to have adaptations.
    Xerophyte
    s
    Xerophyte
    Adaptations
     Well established root
    systems.
     Grow deeply and in all
    directions in order to
    anchor the plants in
    sandy soil and against
    the wind.
     Helps to maximize water
    uptake.
    Xerophyte
    Adaptations
     Short Life Cycles  Thickened, Waxy
     Grow from seeds to Cuticle
    mature plants, produce  Prevention of water loss
    flowers, fruits and because the cuticle
    seeds in a short prevents the water that
    amount of time. the leaves already have
     These few days can from escaping due to the
    coincide with the few high heat and intense
    days of rain. sunlight.
    Xerophyte
    Adaptations
    Xerophyte
    Adaptations
     These plants only open
    their stomata in the dark
    at night.

    The cooler
    temperatures allow the
    plant to take up CO2
    through their stomata
    without sacrificing
    water.
    Hydrophyte
    s
    Adaptations of Hydrophytes
     Have lots of air spaces
    in their tissues.
     This helps them to float
    in water.
    Adaptations of Hydrophytes
     Roots in water-
    clogged soil are called
    ‘Breathing Roots’ or
    ‘Pneumatophores’.
     These roots grow to
    reach the surface
    above the water in
    order to obtain CO2 to
    survive.
     Marshes or Swamps
    Adaptations of Hydrophytes
     Again, if you were in that environment, what
    would you need to survive?
     To breathe underwater?
     To float on the water?
    • The roots float freely in the water
    • The stems and leaf stalks have hollow spaces; filled with air
    • The leaves for water hyacinth hav estomata on both surfaces
    • Thinner cuticle

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