Deserts may seem like barren places yet they are home to lots of plants. More than 2000 species of desert plants are found in the Sonoran Desert alone! Hiking through the desert to find each one takes lots and lots of time. At a desert botanical garden you can see many of them in a single trip. What's more, at a desert botanical garden you can discover lots of fun things. On your trip to the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix try to find the answers to the following questions. You can print this page and write them here.

Name three edible desert plants.




Name three desert plants that have medicinal use.




How have desert plants adapted to survive?





Why do deserts need wildflowers?





Name five desert plants that are native to the U.S. state of Arizona.






Name five desert plants that only grow outside of the United States.






What two birds make the holes in saguaro cacti?