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Desert ephemerals are plants which are adapted to take advantage of the short wet periods in arid climates. Mud-flat ephemerals take advantage of short periods of low water. In areas subjected to recurring human disturbance, such as plowing, weedy ephemerals are very short-lived plants whose entire life cycle takes less than a growing season .
The diversity of climatic conditions, though quite harsh, supports a rich array of habitats. Many of these habitats are ephemeral in nature, reflecting the paucity and seasonality of available water. [1] Woody-stemmed shrubs and plants characterize vegetation in these regions. Above all, these plants have evolved to minimize water loss.
Tepary beans are very drought tolerant. Germination requires wet soil, but plants will flourish in dry conditions once established. [10] Too much water inhibits bean production. They were cultivated by various methods, most commonly after an infrequent rain in the desert or after flood waters along a river or ephemeral stream had subsided.
Plants whose life cycle is significantly less than the time of a growing season are deemed ephemeral. [37] Winter annuals, Epilobium and Senecio vulgaris are examples of ephemeral plants. [37] [38] The conditions for ephemeral plants are markedly present in deserts. [38] Animals can be ephemeral, with brine shrimp and the mayfly being examples.
Rhanterium epapposum is a plant of the family Asteraceae. [1] Native to the deserts of the Arabian Peninsula including Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Qatar where it is known locally as arfaj (Arabic: عرفج). [2] The arfaj consists of a complicated network of branches scattered with small thorny leaves and bright yellow flowers about 1.5 cm wide.
Chilopsis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants containing the single species Chilopsis linearis. It is known commonly as desert willow [4] or desert-willow [3] because of its willow-like leaves, but it is not a true willow – being instead a member of the catalpa family. It is a shrub or tree native to the southwestern United States and ...
F. platypoda ripening fruit. Ficus platypoda grows as a lithophytic shrub or tree to 10 m high. The branchlets are covered in fine hairs. The leaves are alternately arranged along the stems and are elliptical to oval in shape, measuring 5.3 to 16.7 cm long by 3.1 to 13.3 cm wide.
Eremalche rotundifolia, the desert five-spot, is a flowering plant in the family Malvaceae, native to the Mojave Desert and Colorado Desert in the Southwestern United States. This dicot and annual herb [ 1 ] is found in scrublands, desert flats, washes and open stony areas between 50 and 1,500 m in elevation.