desert plants
Cacti and shrubs
Desert plants are vegetation adapted to arid environments with minimal rainfall.
These plants have evolved features like deep root systems, water-storing tissues, waxy coatings, or reduced leaves to survive extreme heat and drought.
Cacti and succulents are typical examples.
The garden featured native desert plants that required little irrigation.
- cactusSpiny desert plant
- aloeMedicinal gel plant
- agaveSpiny desert succulent
- barrel cactusStout cylindrical desert succulent
- organ pipeWind instrument's sounding tube
mesquite · saguaro · saltgrass · sagebrush · prickly pear · prickly pear cactus · yucca · Joshua tree · xerophytes · water storage · evening primrose · acacia · euphorbia · smoke tree · poppy · brittlebush · tumbleweed · arid
- plant typesnon-native species
- Western decorcowhide rug, cowboy boots, navajo rug, adobe walls, cow skull
- Arabian ecologycamels, dunes, gazelles, oryx, wadis
- drought survivalcactus, succulent, xerophyte, deep roots, waxy leaves
- Sonoran Desertsaguaro, saguaro cactus, saguaros, prickly pear, cacti
- plant climatehardiness zones, climate zones, growing season, biomes, growing seasons
desert plantsaquatic plants
Vegetation growing in water
wetland plants · marsh plants · hydrophytes · water lilies · cattails
desert plantsrainforest plants
Vegetation in tropical woodlands
rainforest vegetation · tropical plants · tropical vegetation · ferns · bromeliads
desert plantshydrophytes
Plants living in water
ferns · mosses · philodendrons