Meghan, Maggie, Barrett, and Bobby

 POPCORN FLOWER .small white flowers  with 5 petals .grow in coils at the  ends of branches .bloom from  February to June

.Hot and Dry .Semi-Arid .Coastal .Cold

highest temperature 57.7 celsios lowest temperature 7.00 celsios.Monsoon Summer, Dry Summer or Fore Summer, Fall, and Winter 

 BARREL CACTUS  ft. tall . One of the tallest cacti’s in  America .located in Mojave, Sonora, and Chihuahua deserts

 POPCORN FLOWER  .growing range Mojave,  Sonoran .small, white, 5 petals .grow in coils at the ends  of branches

 Sonoran Desert Toad  Diet: insects, spiders, and mice  Habitat: burrows under ground in rodent tunnels  Size: 4-7 inches

 Texas Horned Lizard  Diet: mostly Harvesting ants, and insects  Habitat: sandy areas, where harvesting ants live  Size: 3-6 inches

 Caracal Caracal  Diet: birds, mammals such as gazelle, antelope,  And rodents  Habitat: dry scrub, or dry woodlands  Size: 3 ft. from head to tail, 1ft-1.5 ft.

 Great Road Runner  Diet: insects, fruit, seed, snakes, and sometimes small rodents  Habitat: a nested place such as a bush, cacti, or it will make its nest out of sticks leaves and other materials  Size: inches

 Arizona Bark Scorpion  Diet: small insects, such as roaches, and crickets  Habitat: moist areas like under a log, or a rock  Size: 2-3 inches

Producers: Cacti, and shrubs Primary Consumers: Kangaroo rat, Cactus Mouse, Lizard, ext. Secondary Consumers: Horned Lizard, Kit Fox, Gopher snake, ext. Carnivores: Roadrunner, Vultures, Golden Eagle, ext. Omnivores: Coyote, Raven, ext. Herbivores: Antelope Squirrel, Chuck Walla, Jack Rabbit, ext. Decomposers: mushrooms, insects, microorganisms

 Negative: Long time for plants to grow once destroyed some won’t fully grow back in more than one century!  Negative: Many people hunt the animals and collect the plants.  Negative: Ranching can hurt the landscaping as well  Negative: Animals such as the Chuckwalla get taken out of there habitat and get sold as pets.

 Positive: Conserving Water  Positive: Animal and Plant preserves such as the Tree Opinion: I my self think it is great to have preserves and all although we can help even more by keeping the animals in their natural habitat and to encourage to set up more animal and plant preserves

. To encourage others to conserve water . To set up more animal preserves . Stop the, pollution off roading, and the waste of water and just help the planet!!!

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