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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 2016
Page
8
The Mini Page visits the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum near Tucson to learn from a horticulturist about cacti. Cacti often have spines instead of leaves and shallow roots to absorb scarce rain, with adaptations to store water and reduce sunlight intake.
The text explains spines shade cacti and deter predators while a waxy skin protects from sun. Saguaros grow to 60 feet in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona and northern Mexico, start branching at 50 to 70 years, and produce white yellow or pink flowers. Cacti have areoles that house spines flowers and branches, with internal woody skeletons and expandable epidermis to store water.
Cacti provide nectar for bats birds and insects aiding pollination and seed production. Fruits feed birds mammals and coyotes while larger birds nest in cacti. In extreme drought deer jackrabbits and bighorn sheep feed on cactus sap. Native Americans used cactus fruit for wine jelly syrup and candy. Prickly pear pads are edible after spine removal. A girl harvests cactus fruit with tongs.
Desert museum resources atop the web and library shelves offer kid friendly titles. Correctamundo Prickly Pete's Guide to Desert Facts and Cactifracts by David Lazaroff joins Let's Explore the Desert Family Go Guide by Doris Evans for hands on nature learning.
Cacti conserve water in scarce rains and readers are guided to make a rain barrel from a trash can or wooden barrel to water lawns gardens or cars. The guide credits Jason Wiley of the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum for assistance.
Teachers: For standards based activities to accompany this feature, visit bbs.amuniversal.com/teaching guides.html.
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