Mustard PlantIn the last couple of decades the Sahara mustard has been rapidly growing across the desert landscape, making the managers wonder even if there is a way to stop this ever rapid plant. The Sahara mustard was first collected for herbarium specimen in 1927 by Andrew sanders but later did he know that this plant was actually the wrong plant the whole time, decades later the Sahara mustard was spreading like wild fire to the point where it became an invasive species. Their research method to control the weed is really by hand weeding by just hand pulling it out.
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Tamarisk PlantThe tamarisk plant is a shrub or a small tree that is 8-16 feet tall. The tamarisk is really invasive since it replaces the native vegetation plants with their strong thickets. These invasive plants play really rough with the native vegetation because they like to always hog all the water from the other plants. The way they get rid of the tamarisk is by pulling it from their roots or treating the stumps with herbicides so it gives it better control.
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Adaptation of the plants
Mesquite TreeThe mesquite tree is native to the Sahara Desert over time it has adapted to the desert by extending its long roots and drawing water in deep underneath the plant. Their thorns are sharply pointed and firm to stop the herbivores from eating them. Their leaves small wax coated it helps from evaporation of the plants water into the atmosphere. If a drought occurs, it is said that the tree sheds leaves to conserve their moisture.
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GrassesThe grasses survive in the Sahara because it can spread through wide range of the surface area of the land and its moisture is enough to survive the arid desert. The desert grass is much different from the grass we see outside it is because the slim surface is of the leaves and the lack of moisture through evaporation is reduced significantly.
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