desert flora
Saguaro and succulents
Desert flora are the plants adapted to survive in arid environments with minimal rainfall and extreme temperatures.
These include cacti, succulents, drought-resistant shrubs, and ephemeral wildflowers that bloom briefly after rare rains.
Desert flora have evolved specialized features—water-storing tissues, deep root systems, waxy coatings—to thrive where most plants cannot: The Sonoran desert flora includes saguaro, ocotillo, and brittlebush.
- cactusSpiny desert plant
- agaveSpiny desert succulent
- century plantLong-lived desert succulent
- yuccaSpiny desert plant
- mesquiteThorny desert legume
lupine · barrel cactus · organ pipe · jojoba · succulent · saguaro · ice plant · xerophyte · drought resistant · water storage · brittlebush · aloe vera · stonecrop · prickly pear · prickly pear cactus · chia · cholla · euphorbia
- regional floranative plants, indigenous species, native wildflowers, alpine plants, tropical plants
- plant geographyfloristic regions, native plants, neotropical, climate zones, hardiness zones
- desertsand, sand dunes, sand dune, dune, dunes
- desertsSahara, Gobi, Mojave, Namib, Kalahari
- Arabian ecologycamels, dunes, gazelles, oryx, wadis
- biome plantsrainforest plants, wetland plants, coastal plants, prairie grass, aquatic plants
desert florarainforest vegetation
Plants in tropical woodlands
marsh plants · aquatic plants · tropical plants · hydrophytes · water lilies