http://desert-trees.com/1274/are-there-any-trees-able-to-grow-in-a-desert-environment-or-can-only-cacti-grow-in-this-environment/ Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:57:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://desert-trees.com/1274/are-there-any-trees-able-to-grow-in-a-desert-environment-or-can-only-cacti-grow-in-this-environment/comment-page-1/#comment-582 fred Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:01:06 +0000 http://desert-trees.com/1274/are-there-any-trees-able-to-grow-in-a-desert-environment-or-can-only-cacti-grow-in-this-environment/#comment-582 A desert environment if you included an oaissi ( which exist in a classic deseret environment is flourishing with trees o various types...many types of plams ( date nut palm comes to mind)olive trees/and several types of conifers as well...... A desert environment if you included an oaissi ( which exist in a classic deseret environment is flourishing with trees o various types…many types of plams ( date nut palm comes to mind)olive trees/and several types of conifers as well……

]]> http://desert-trees.com/1274/are-there-any-trees-able-to-grow-in-a-desert-environment-or-can-only-cacti-grow-in-this-environment/comment-page-1/#comment-581 oikos Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:56:43 +0000 http://desert-trees.com/1274/are-there-any-trees-able-to-grow-in-a-desert-environment-or-can-only-cacti-grow-in-this-environment/#comment-581 there are several: The Bristlecone pine is one example of a desert adapted treehttp://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/bristlec… welwitschia is cone bering but otherwise not very treelikehttp://www.plantzafrica.com/plantwxyz/we… tehn various acacias and frankinsense http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Plants/B… there are several:
The Bristlecone pine is one example of a desert adapted treehttp://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/bristlec…
welwitschia is cone bering but otherwise not very treelikehttp://www.plantzafrica.com/plantwxyz/we…
tehn various acacias and frankinsense http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Plants/B…

]]> http://desert-trees.com/1274/are-there-any-trees-able-to-grow-in-a-desert-environment-or-can-only-cacti-grow-in-this-environment/comment-page-1/#comment-580 flingebu Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:05:16 +0000 http://desert-trees.com/1274/are-there-any-trees-able-to-grow-in-a-desert-environment-or-can-only-cacti-grow-in-this-environment/#comment-580 Joshua trees, acacia, and mesquite come to mind. Date palms are said to grow "with their feet in the water and their heads in the fire". Just because there is little surface water does not mean that there is no water available in a desert. Many plants live on "fossil water" that fell as rain a century back and is travelling slowly through an underground aquifer. Joshua trees, acacia, and mesquite come to mind. Date palms are said to grow “with their feet in the water and their heads in the fire”. Just because there is little surface water does not mean that there is no water available in a desert. Many plants live on “fossil water” that fell as rain a century back and is travelling slowly through an underground aquifer.

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