21. Some xerophytes, such as cacti and other desert plants , have mucilage in their tissues. 22. The area's ground cover is dominated by high desert plants . 23. He plucks small yellow berries from a poisonous desert plant called a silver nightshade. 24. This semi-arid climate is conducive to a variety of cacti and other desert plants . 25. Some desert plants turn their leaves so that the thin edge is facing the sun. 26. Alpine plants have many adaptations to aridity and intense sunlight in common with desert plants . 27. Desert plants , on the most part, don't have the capacity to resprout from their roots.28. The Central Desert has desert plants , with vegetation springing up during short and irregular rains. 29. Unlike cattle, camels feed on desert plants and require no expensive fodder or rich pasture. 30. Lindsay specialized in desert plants , with field work in Mexico and the western United States.