Transcript Sonora Desert Ecosystem

Sonora Desert
Ecosystem
Sonora Desert Map
Climate of the Sonora desert
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In the Sonora it can get up to 138 F in
summer time but in winter in get as low as
32 F. this desert is one of the wettest desert
in the U.S it can get up to 3 16inches of
rain.
Climate
Plants of the land
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There are many plants like Barrel Cactus
Brittle Bush Desert Ironwood all of these
you will find them in the Sonora Desert.
Various cactus species
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In the Sonora there is a lot of plants there
is a plant called the barrel cactus this
cactus can be 5-11Ft tall ands one of the
biggest cactus in North America.
The great saguaro cactus
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Saguaro cactus is one of the cactus in the
sonora desert. This branch develops
branches as it ages. Now not all grow
branches come out up and can have as
many as 25 branches. They are covered
with spines
The great saguaro cactus
Creosote bush
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This bush is one of the most known in the
Sonora desert. This bush came to North
America around million to 10,000 years
ago. This bush is in the Chihuahuan Desert
in the Sonora
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Desert and in the Mojave
Desert. This plant is very interting.
Reptiles of Sonora
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There are many reptiles in the Sonora
desert one of the most interesting one is
the glossy snake. This snake eats snakes
lizards birds and mammals. Its size is
around 20-35”. A other snake that was nice
is the (Rosy boa) it eats small mamals
reptiles, amphibians, and birds. It is 1744FT
Mammals of Sonora
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The big brown bat is a bat that lives in the
Sonora desert it eats insectivorous it color
is Dorsally tan to dark brown, ventral near
pinkish to olivebuff. Face, ears, wings and
tail membrane, black. The white tailed deer
also lives in the desert it eats herbivorous
and it is active at all times.
Insects of Sonora
The Cactus Longhorn Beetle is a insect
that lives in the Sonora desert it is
black. Its family is Cerambycidae Longhorned Beetles. There is also the
Buckeye it is a butterfly. Its family is
Nymphalidae - Brush-footed butterflies.
Interdependencies
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With out mall mammals, reptiles,
amphibians, and birds the Rosy boa could
not survive. With out lizards, mammals,
birds, snakes the Glossy snake could
not survive.