2017大众英语五级浏览文章《戈壁中的植物》

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　　Some cacti, like the saguaro, grow to tree size, but true trees need more moisture than most desert environments can supply, so they are scarce on deserts. Close to streambeds, cottonwoods can sometimes be found. Though these streams are dry most of the year, water flows there longest and is usually available fairly close to the surface. Elsewhere, trees must send taproots deep into the hard baked desert soil to draw on underground water. Perhaps the most widespread family of trees on the world's deserts is the acacia, whose taproots drill down as far as 25 feet(7. 5 meters). The mesquite common on North American deserts in both tree and shrub forms, does not begin to grow above ground until its root system is completely developed, ensuring the plant a supply of moisture. The roots of shrubs and trees help to hold the desert soil in place. Their stalks and branches also act as screens to keep the wind from sweeping great drifts of sand along the surface. These services are vital if a desert is to support life. Scientists estimate that a desert needs year round plant cover over 20 to 40 percent of its surface. If shrubs are too far apart - separated by a distance greater than five times their height - soil around them is likely to blow away. Without the shelter of established shrubs, new seedlings will have difficulty in getting a start. On the other hand, plants that are too close together may compete for underground moisture. To protect themselves from this competition some shrubs give off a substance that kills young plants that sprout too close to them. In addition to a few varieties of trees and tough shrubs, most deserts have grasses, herbs, and other annual plants. These do not compete for moisture with the longer lived growth. They spring up quickly after rains, when the surface is moist. Then, for a brief time, the desert can be literally carpeted with color. Almost as quickly as they appeared, these small plants die away. But they have developed special ways of ensuring the life of another generation when rains come again.

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　　一些神仙掌，如撒瓜罗，能长到象树那末高。但真实的树却须要比大大都戈壁所能供给的更多的水分，以是树在戈壁里是鲜见的。在小溪河床四周，偶然能发明三角叶杨。虽然一年的大大都时候里这些小溪都是干枯的，那边倒是水流得时候最长的处所并且水分相称接近地表。别的处所树木的主根必须深切受烧灼而坚固的戈壁底部的泥土以吸收公开水。在戈壁里散布最广的树也许是刺魏，其主根能深达25 英尺(合 7 5 米)。牧豆树属植物不管是乔木和灌木，在北美戈壁中常常可见，在它根部体系完整成长发到达能保障供给充沛的水分时才长出空中。灌木和树的根有助于牢固戈壁中的泥土，它们的茎和树枝同时起樊篱的感化，防止风从戈壁外表吹起大堆的沙。 若是戈壁要撑持性命，这类感化必不可少。迷信家估量一年当中植物必须笼盖戈壁外表的 20%到 40%。若是灌木距离太远——大于它们高度的 5 倍——四周的泥土就能够被吹走。若是不这些灌木作为掩护，新的种子很难成长。另外一方面，植物彼此靠得太近却会引发合作公开水分。为防止合作，一些灌木会开释一种物资来杀死那些距他们太近抽芽的植物。除一些品种的树木和固执的灌木外，大大都戈壁里另有青草、木本植物和别的年生植物。它们并不与持久成长的树木合作水分。当雨后地表还湿润时它们就敏捷抽芽，而后在一个短时候里，给戈壁铺上绿色地毯。这些小植物很快就消逝了，几近就象它们长出来时那样敏捷，但它们已成长了特别体例来保 证鄙人次降雨来时下一代的性命。长的树木合作水分。当雨后地表还湿润时它们就敏捷抽芽，而后在一个短时候里，给戈壁铺上绿色地毯。这些小植物很快就消逝了，几近就象它们长出来时那样敏捷，但它们已成长了特别体例来保 证鄙人次降雨来时下一代的性命。

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