how do desert plants reduce loss of water
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some plants have a waxy cuticle (impermeable to water to reduce water loss)
in extremely hot weather the stomata ( pores on the lower epidermis) close to reduce water loss
some plants have stomata in 'pits' in the epidermis to reduce water loss
in extremely hot weather the stomata ( pores on the lower epidermis) close to reduce water loss
some plants have stomata in 'pits' in the epidermis to reduce water loss
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Desert plants are specially designed to reduce the loss of watertheir stems are thick since they areholdingwater .they have no leaves but have spine like structures to reduce the loss of water through transpiration.
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In some plants water is stored in the stem and not in leaves. this reduce the level of transpiration.
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