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How do trees in the Tropical desert forests adapt themselves to the dry climate?
Topic: Desert vegetation
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(1) The plants stay small, with tiny or spiny leaves and green cylindrical stems that photosynthesise while losing little water. (2) Their roots run deep and wide, gathering every drop of the scanty rain.
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