desert are dry field that occur around the world . From the African Sahara to the Sonoran in Arizona and Mexico to the Australian outback , comeuppance are harsh environment where only the tough plants and animals can survive . All desert regions have endangered plant . Humans are the elementary threat to defect industrial plant because of construction that get change in the environs . Invasive plant and beast species also contribute , as do natural effect such as floods and fires .
Southern California
The Algodones Dunes in Imperial County are part of the Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area , which cover 184,000 acres in the Colorado Desert of Southeastern California . The Algodones Dunes scatter for 40 mile and are the largest guts sand dune in California . This area experience eminent summertime heat — up to 110 degree Fahrenheit — and receives less than 20 in of rain yearly . Endangered plant in this ecosystem include pasmmophites ( gumption - loving plants ) such as the dune primrose , Peirson ’s milkvetch , the Algodones Dunes sunflower , Wiggins ' croton and the giant Spanish needle .
Sonoran Desert
The Sonoran Desert is the hot desert in North America and covers 120,000 hearty miles in southeast California , southwesterly Arizona , much of Baja California and westerly domain of Sonora commonwealth in Mexico . Cities that are located in this sprawling desert include Palm Springs , California , and Phoenix and Tucson , Arizona . Native plants that are on the federal endangered species list include Arizona agave , Kearney ’s blue virtuoso , Cochise pincushion cactus , Arizona cliffrose , Arizona hedgehog cactus , Brady pincushion cactus , Siler pincushion cactus , San Francisco Peaks Senecio vulgaris and Tumamoc globeberry .
Sahara Desert and South Africa
The Sahara Desert sits in the centre of the African continent and is home to many plants and animals . It is the mankind ’s largest and hottest desert — it occupy 5.3 million square miles of land . flora species are few because of piquant grease and ironic weather . The species that live must be very hardy , but some sputter to survive and are classified as scupper . Among them are the umbrella thorn , the Panthera pardus orchid and big businessman protea in South Africa .
Australia
Throughout Australia , more than 60 plant species are classified as endangered . ground clear for farming , flak , ferine brute , invasive plant and animate being species and diseases are some of the causes of declining numbers of plant population . Included in the list of endangered Australian desert plants are the keep an eye on : Tumat grevillea , Wee Jasper grevillea , bindoon starbush , Wollemi pine , Davy ' Monotropa uniflora , Spalding blowngrass , Tuggeranong lignum and basalt greenhood .
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