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• Difference between desert and aquatic adaptations of plants







                                                           DESERT HABITAT                                                             AQUATIC HABITAT





                                         1. These plants grow in desert.  1. These plants grow in water.






                                         2. They do not need much                                                     2. They need more water to


                                         water to grow.                                                               grow.







                                         3. They have thick and fleshy                                                3. The stem is soft, hollow and


                                         stems.                                                                       have air spaces.






                                         4. Leaves are absent or reduced  4. Leaves have a waxy coating



                                         to spine or thorns.                                                          to prevent them from rotting.
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