What Types of Plants Live in the Gobi Desert?
jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery(‘#jsArticleStep1 span.image a:first’).attr(‘href’,’http://i.ehow.com/images/a07/1t/gr/types-plants-live-gobi-desert_-1.1-800X800.jpg’); }); Low-growing grasses grow sparsely in some areas of the Gobi Desert. The Gobi Desert in Asia covers about 500,000 square miles. Temperatures in the Gobi Desert range from below freezing in winter to more than 110 degrees Fahrenheit in summer. The Gobi Desert has mountains, hills, sand dunes and grasslands. The desert’s limited water comes mostly from wells and springs; the rainfall averages 8 inches in summer and 2.7 inches in winter. Among the vast barren expanses of the Gobi Desert are a variety of plants that have adapted to the extreme temperatures, drought conditions and the strong desert winds. Shrubs The drought-resistant shrubs that grow in the eastern Gobi Desert steppe include two species of the caragana shrub, described as a shrubby legume by World Wildlife. Other bushes growing in this region are
