Plant Adaptations

Desert Tropical Rainforest Coniferous Forest Grassland

• Desert flowers • Tropical • Are evergreen so • Pollen carried by

will open during the rainforest flowers will the plants can produce the wind pollinates
cool of the night to attract use bright colours to their own food anytime the plants.
more animal pollinators. attract pollinators. the conditions are right. • Thick bark that will provide some
• Water stored inside their leaves or stems. • Grow on top of other plants to reach • Have needle leaves that are wax-coated protection from fires.
• A waxy coating on leaves stops too much and absorb more sunlight. to reduce water loss. • Roots that can regrow after a fire.
water being lost. • Roots that are strong enough to hold the • Have dark-coloured foliage to absorb
plants in a small amount of soil. more sunlight.

Tundra Deciduous Forest Aquatic

• Grow low to • Large leaves with • Leaves that stay

the ground to provide more area to take in above the water or float
protection from the cold. extra sunlight. to take in more light.
• Flowers that follow the sunlight to keep • Thick bark to provide protection from • Seeds that are designed to float.
the plant warm. the cold. • Stems with pockets of air inside, support
• Can be covered in ‘hair’ to protect from • Leaves fall off in autumn, which helps to the plants in the water.
low temperatures. reduce the amount of water needed.

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