Most cacti opuntias and cactoids specialize in surviving in hot and dry environments ( i . e . they are xerophytes ), but the first ancestors of modern cacti were already adapted to periods of intermittent drought.
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"Thymus moroderi " is a xerophyte plant which thrives in areas with a total annual precipitation of 300mm and less, as recorded in the southern part of the Alicante province and contiguous areas in Murcia.
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However, not all xerophytes are succulents, since there are other ways of adapting to a shortage of water, e . g ., by developing small leaves which may roll up or having leathery rather than succulent leaves.
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No fractionation is associated with water uptake by roots, a process usually driven by capillary tension, with the one exception of xerophytes that burn ATP to pump water in extremely arid environments ( with a roughly 100 depletion ).
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Containing a broad category of xerophytes ( aridity-adapted plants ), the Desert Garden grew to preeminence and remains today among the world s finest, with more than 5, 000 species in the 10 acre ( 4 ha ) garden.
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Other contributions by Stahl included studies concerning the influence of light on plants & mdash; he described the anatomy of sun and shade leaves; the effects of moisture and dryness on the formation of leaves, and the role of stomata in xerophytes and mesophytes.
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The folded leaves have hairs on the inside to slow or stop air movement, much like many other xerophytes ( though these are typically found on the outside of the plant, but in marram grass they are also within the leaf as this has now become a structure with more volume ).
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Purslane may be used fresh as a salad, oxalic and malic acid, the latter of which is produced through the crassulacean acid metabolism ( CAM ) pathway that is seen in many xerophytes ( plants living in dry conditions ), and is at its highest when the plant is harvested in the early morning.
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The " Cucurbita digitata ", " C . foetidissima ", " C . galeotti ", and " C . pedatifolia " species groups are xerophytes, arid zone perennials with storage roots; the remainder, including the five domesticated species, are all mesophytic annuals or short-life perennials with no storage roots.
