Back to choose another topic A SUMMARY OF COMMON ADAPTATIONS OF PLANTS IN PARTICULAR ENVIRONMENTS ENVIRONMENT (and plant type) ADAPTATIONS HOT AND DRY (xerophytes) Stomata closed during heat of day Reduced or absent leaves (cacti) Leaves aligned away from direct sunlight Stoma almost all on lower leaf surface Stoma protected in pits or surrounded by hairs HOT AND HUMID (tropical) Guttation (drops of water released from leaf surface) removes excess water which enters plant due to root pressure.
(Stomata; closed; T:during heat of day) (drops of water; released; from leaf surface) (Stoma; removes; excess water which enters plant due to root pressure) (Leaves; aligned; away from direct sunlight; almost all on lower leaf surface Stoma) (excess water; enters; plant due to root pressure) (lower leaf surface Stoma; protected; L:in pits)
Stomata drops of water Stoma Leaves excess water lower leaf surface Stoma
closed released removes aligned enters protected
T:during heat of day
from leaf surface
excess water which enters plant due to root pressure
away from direct sunlight almost all on lower leaf surface Stoma
plant due to root pressure
L:in pits