Plants: Biological Diversity by

Ms. V ( your name) - Name of Plant

celestevandermeer — 2025-10-21 14:39:35 UTC

1.) Picture of plant that lives in a challenging habitat

2.) Size of plant

3.) Location of plant

4.) Fun fact about plant

Ms. V (your name) - Name of Plant

celestevandermeer — 2025-10-21 14:40:26 UTC

1.) Picture of plant that lives in a challenging habitat

2.) Size of plant

3.) Location of plant

4.) Fun fact about plant

Charlie P - the Cactus

2025-10-21 15:26:31 UTC

Cacti are found in the harsh conditions of the dessert where there is very little water. They can be anywhere from 5 to 50 feet tall. The cacti have spikes to keep predators away.

Malia- Desert willow

2025-10-21 15:27:11 UTC

- A dessert willow is usually about 15-30 feet tall.

-Lives in southern north America in dry and hot areas like the dessert.

-A fun fact about a dessert willow is that they are drought tolerant meaning they can live without a lot of water.

Daniel- Cacti

2025-10-21 15:28:27 UTC

2. There is not an average size for a cacti because it ranges from a few inches to 60ft tall

The location of the cacti is mostly in places like Australia, South Africa and Mediterranean areas.
the spikes aren't actually thorns, they're modified leaves

Elijah-saguaro cactus

elij3913 — 2025-10-21 15:29:07 UTC

the size of the saguaro cactus can go from 10ft-40ft and sometimes 50ft. The saguaro cactus is found in the Sonoran Desert. the saguaro cactus can live up to 200 years.

Poppy-Arctic Poppy

2025-10-21 15:30:36 UTC

Arctic poppies can be up to 6 inches tall.

They live in the Arctic, in rocky terrains and meadows. They are remarkable because, they can survive the freezing arctic temperatures.

Abby- Saguaro Cactus

2025-10-21 15:31:02 UTC

A saguaro cactus grows too about 10-40 feet tall.

Found in Sonoran Deserts.

A fun fact is that they grow very slowly, and some don't even grow arms.

Charlie M--Half Pint Pineleaf Penstemon

2025-10-21 15:32:37 UTC

This plant type is a perennial plant.

this plant is around 8-10 inches tall and 12 inches wide.

It grows between June and August in New Mexico and Arizona.

The plant has orange and red trumet-flowers that call hummingbirds and butterflies.

Sadie- Desert Lily

2025-10-21 15:32:45 UTC

Desert Lilies are found in sandy desert flats and gentle slopes below 2,500 feet. The bulb of the desert lily is edible, and it has the same taste as garlic. During dry years, the Desert lily does not come above ground. The species can survive many drought years in a row without producing growth above the ground.

Aaron T. Saguaro Cactus

2025-10-21 15:33:36 UTC

The Saguaro Cactus is a cacti species that can grow up to 50 feet tall and live 150 to 200 years old. They live in the Sonoran Desert. The conditions are harsh because the desert only experience about 8 to 18 inches of rain a year.

Elijah-golden barrel cactus

elij3913 — 2025-10-21 15:34:13 UTC

the golden barrel cactus can only grow up to 2 feet high and 3 feet wide. the golden barrel cactus is found in Mexico. A fun fact about the golden barrel cactus is that it is an endangered species of cacti.

Carleigh🤩- Western Juniper

2025-10-21 15:34:36 UTC

-The Western Juniper are native to Northern America.

-In periods of drought or other environmental stress, deciduous plants are able to prematurely drop their leaves in order to safeguard the rest of their structures.

Junipers are about 15 to 30 feet
. Sometimes, it grows as low as 100 meters (330 feet)!
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Juniperus occidentalis Facts for Kids

Zoe- saguaro

2025-10-21 15:34:50 UTC

The saguaro thrives in hot, arid environments with well-draining sandy or rocky soils. A mature Saguaro can reach up to 40 feet (12 meters) tall, making it one of the largest cacti in North America. The Saguaro is an incredibly slow grower, typically growing just 1 inch per year but it can live for over 150 to 200 years.

Emily-aloes

2025-10-21 15:35:07 UTC

-the size of an aloes is 12 to 24 inches tall and 6 to 12 inches wide.

-there found in hot and dry climates areas like the southern border areas of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California

-one fun fact about aloes they store 99 percent of water and store water in their gel to survive droughts

Malia- Desert marigold

2025-10-21 15:35:30 UTC

- Desert marigolds are around 1-2 feet tall

- Found in southwestern U.S and in northwestern Mexico.

- A fun fact about a desert marigold is they are perennial meaning they live for a very long time.

Nia - rocky Mountain flower

2025-10-21 15:35:43 UTC

the rocky mountain flower is located in forest and high Medow of the Rocky Mountains this plant is 2-3 inches wide a fun fact about the rocky mountain flower is that people in 1925 made it illegal to uproot the flower on public lands.

Charlie P - pine tree

2025-10-21 15:35:51 UTC

Pine trees are large trees can grow up to 60 feet. They are found in mostly in north America. A fun fact about pine trees is that they make seeds in the form of pinecones.

Carleigh- Epiphytes

2025-10-21 15:36:41 UTC

Poppy-California Poppy

2025-10-21 15:36:56 UTC

California poppies can be up to 24 inches tall. California Poppies are found across California. Although they are planted in gardens, they are hardy and drought resistant.

Charlie M--Turkish veronica

2025-10-21 15:37:07 UTC

This plant is a Groundcover plant.

Its 1-2 inches tall and covers the ground.

Daniel - Blanket flower

2025-10-21 15:37:11 UTC

The average size of a blanket flower ranges from 24-36 inches tall.
Blanket flowers are usually in native areas which are also western areas.
A fun fact about blanket flowers are American Indians used blanketflower to treat various ailments

Kathryn-Mangroves

2025-10-21 15:37:29 UTC

There are 50 or maybe 80 mangrove species, ranging in height from small shrubs to trees that can reach 40 meters. Mangroves habitat is in indonesia where the water is salty and there is also toxins that makes where they live a dangerous habitat for a plant.

Charles Bell-lespedeza thunbergii

2025-10-21 15:38:49 UTC

lespedeza thunbergias can grow up to 6 or 7 feet tall. and they live in the eastern Himalayas. and they live by the volcanos

Aaron T. Succulent

2025-10-21 15:39:34 UTC

Succulents can live in all kinds of deserts. They can survive in very dry environments only getting 8 to 18 inches of rain a year in the Sonoran Desert.

Abby- extremophyte,

2025-10-21 15:39:40 UTC

An extemophyte size depends on their specific species. They are in found in harsh environments like salt flats and desserts.

Caleb K, Bunny Ears Cactus.

2025-10-21 16:20:54 UTC

They grow from 6-15cm wide
Native to Mexico/The Desert
If you brush against it the hairlike spikes will cause bad skin irritation

yellow pond lillies

2025-10-21 16:26:28 UTC

-yellow pond Lilles can be from1.5 inches to 4 inches wide!

-they grow in north America, Alaska Canda and south Mexico

-they are found submerged in lakes ponds large bodies of water!

-they bloom fully submerged under water

ANALIAH.W - yellow water Lilie

2025-10-21 16:27:12 UTC

2. they grow from 5ft tall and 10in wide

3. the live in ponds/lakes in the us

4. it's called a brandy bottle because of its smell of wine

Fern-Coral reef

2025-10-21 16:27:28 UTC

2. Coral can get over 100 feet long

3. Coral lives in the deep sea

4. It can grow to 34 feet tall

Jude-under water elodea

2025-10-21 16:27:35 UTC

the underwater elodea is a common plant the came be found in the ocean and live under immense pressure.

Elellan - Desert Yucca

2025-10-21 16:28:04 UTC

The size of a yucca plant varies significantly by species but can range from 1 to 30 feet tall and 3 to 25 feet wide.
Yucca plants thrive in arid, desert, and grassland habitats in the Americas, from the Southwestern U.S. and Mexico to parts of South America and the Caribbean.
A fun fact about desert yucca is that it has a unique, symbiotic relationship with the yucca moth, which is the only insect capable of pollinating its flowers.

Caleb K, Hyancinth

2025-10-21 16:29:57 UTC

2. They grow up to 6-10in

3. Southern Turkey

4. They are toxic if ingested

Geraldine- Bougainvillea

2025-10-21 16:30:05 UTC

2)They grow up to 12 meters.

3)The bougainvillea grows in south America

4)they are native to Mexico, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Peru.

Liam - Ghost pipe flower

2025-10-21 16:30:24 UTC

The ghost pipe flower is generally found in rich bottomland forests and moist to dry upland woods, mainly in oak-hickory woodlands. Below ground, its roots join with fungi that join with tree roots. This makes it extremely rare and hard to live as it needs fungi that join with tree roots. The size of the plant is between 4 to 10 inches tall. fun fact about this plant is that unlike most plants, ghost pipe lacks chlorophyll, so it is white, not green.

Analiah.w - begonia

2025-10-21 16:32:24 UTC

they grow from 2ft tall to 8in tall
they live in tropical places
and are famous for their plant history

Leyla-Gardena

2025-10-21 16:32:42 UTC

Gardenas can reach up to 3 to 8 feet, and 90 to 240 cm tall and wide. These plants usually grow in shrubs or small trees, but most are found in tropical east Africa and southern Africa grow small.Gardenas are known for their wonderful sent and are good to grow in hot climates

Fern- Sheep's bit

2025-10-21 16:32:57 UTC

Jude-volcanic silver sword plant

2025-10-21 16:32:57 UTC

a plant that grows in volcanic plans

coral reef

2025-10-21 16:34:06 UTC

-they can grow up to 100 feet

-it grows in the deep ocean

-animals can live in many kinds of coral reefs!

Maggie - Yellow Marsh Saxifrage

2025-10-21 16:34:07 UTC

They grow to be 6-20cm tall
They grow in the arctic, fens, fen meadows, springs, and calciphile.
They can either be grouped or live in solidarity

Esther- Mexican poppies

2025-10-21 16:34:08 UTC

-They grow between 8in and 2ft but normally grow 3ft tall

- They live in dessert areas and Arizona and other places

-A fun fact is they are poisons and somehow still are medical.

Elellan - Water Lily

2025-10-21 16:35:00 UTC

Most common water lily flowers are 3-8 inches across, and leaves are 6-12 inches.
Water lilies are located in freshwater bodies like lakes, ponds, wetlands, and slow-moving streams.
A fun fact about water lilies is that some species, like the Victoria amazonica, have leaves so large they can support the weight of a small child.

Aaron-Venus fly trap

2025-10-21 16:35:06 UTC

5–8-inch tall
they live in the southwest except antarctica
Venus's flytrap is its only species in its genus

Esme-chrysanthemums

2025-10-21 16:36:42 UTC

hardy chrysanthemums commonly known as mums or golden flower, are known for their various colors. they often survive only in winter surviving with climates under -20 degrees Ferin Hight and die in the summer and are known as November flower. in Japen they mean to them as emperor and imperial family.

Kelly-Arctomecon California or known as the Las Vegas Bear poppy

2025-10-21 16:51:51 UTC

1-These flowers grow in the dessert and the city.

2-they are up to 2 feet high in length and 3 inches across.

3-Fact these are almost extinct and are at risk