Sahara Desert

Sahara Desert

BY: Tanaja Young Harrison

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average temperature in summer (104 degrees)

Biome and climate condiotions

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Located in North Africa, Sahara Desert is known as (ecoregion) Biome.

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Data 1

average temperature in winter (55 degrees)

Plant Species

Tobacco Tree -(Nicotiana tabacum) Night shade Family Date Palm Tree- (Phoenix dactylifera)- Arecaceae Family

Wild Desert Gourd(Citrullus colocynthis)Family Cucurbitaceae

Laperrones Olive Tree- Olea europaeaOlive Family Doum Palm Tree( Hyphaene thebaica) Family Arecaceae

Tobacco Tree-

• Wireworms eat and destroy tree
• Hammocks pollinate on these trees
• Hammocks use the tree to lay eggs

Doum Palm Tree

• Monkeys, bees and elephants are some animals that eat this tree
• Can be used to make mats and brooms

Wild Desert Gourd- Coyotes and porcupines eat the seeds Can be used as containers Date Palm Trees Black bettles and whiteflies pollinate on this treeBlack Bettles use this tree as a home sometimes Laperrones Olive Tree Humans, dogs, birds, cows eat from this tree Can be used as olive oil

Plant Niche

• Sahara Lovegrass/ Lizards, snakes, mongoose, and scorpions. No pollinators or organisms use Sahara lovegrass as their home.

• Tamarisk Shrub
• Beetles eat on this plant
• Used to treat diabetes

• Ephedra Alata- Eaten on by cattle /Used for medicine

• Nitraria Retusa- Camels and goats, Bats pollinate on these plants, No organisms use these tree for a home

• Desert Thyme
• Arabian Camels eat on this plant
• No organism use this plant for a home
• herb can be used for infections

Plant Niche 2

General adaptations plants

Pinegrass Plants can adapt in recent burned areas. Cactus plant can grow spines that help shade the plant from the sun during the heat

8. A Yarrow plant can adapt to soil water

Food Chain Date Palm Tree Wild Desert Gourd BettlesCoyotes Camels Droum Palm Tree Desert Tyhme Dogs Lizzards hawmocks Tobacco Tree Tamarisk Ephedra Alata Bees Snakes Olive tree Nitraria Retusa Sahara Lovegrass Goats Birds Scoripions Monkeys

Pyramid

Coyote,Birds, Goats Camels

Snakes, Scorpions Lizzards

BlackBeatles, Bees, Hammocks

Sahara lovegrass, Date palm Trees, Tobacco plant, Olive PlantWild desert gourd

Citations

Bouallala, M'hammed, et al. "Vegetation traits are accurate indicators of how do plants beat the heat in drylands: Diversity and functional traits of vegetation associated with water towers in the Sahara Desert." Ecological Indicators, vol. 114, 2020. Gale In Context: Environmental Studies, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A621688170/GRNR?u=mcc_chandler&sid=GRNR&xid=26a327f0. Accessed 4 Mar. 2021. Peel, Ronald Francis and Gritzner, Jeffrey Allman. "Sahara". Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 Nov. 2019, https://www.britannica.com/place/Sahara-desert-Africa. Accessed 10 April 2021."Sahara Desert." Encyclopedia of Environment and Society, edited by Paul Robbins, vol. 4, SAGE Publications,2007, pp. 1551-1552. Gale In Context: Environmental Studies, link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX2660700960/GRNR?u=mcc_chandler&sid=GRNR&xid=e65e17c6. Accessed 4 Mar. 2021. Sahara Word Search - Pinterest 2021 https://pin.it/1jVPkFM 3."Oases in the Sahara Desert - Linking Biological and Cultural Diversity." Ecology, Environment & Conservation, 5 Mar. 2021, p. 718. Gale In Context: Environmental Studies, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A653342101/GRNR?u=mcc_chandler&sid=GRNR&xid=bb99c5e3. Accessed 4 Mar. 2021.

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