Landscape in the Mojave Desert,California. The plant with the spiky,bright green leaves is a Mojave Yucca. The bareness of a desert is partly created by an excess of solar energy. Plants adopt one of two strategies to survive. Annuals such as the spring wild flowers have a life-cycle tailored to favourable environmental conditions. The alternative strategy,as followed by the Joshua tree,for example,is a conservative year- round existence,with flourishing limited to moist periods & a state of latency during long droughts | |
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Crédit: | Science Photo Library / Craddock, Tony |
Taille de l’image : | 3748 px × 2480 px |
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