Can anyone give me examples of plants that are specially adapted to their enviroment?

cactus plants hold water

Mate, the list is enormous. Like the lady said, Cactus hold water and having spines for leaves looses little through transpiration. How about the many species of Pitcher Plant which lure unsuspecting insects into the cup like flower only to be digested by the plant. I think my all time favourite would be the Orchid flower shaped like a female wasp. When the male comes along for some hanky panky he transfers pollen from plant to plant. Sorry for the long answer I got a bit carried away.

hi there.. If u'll just look carefully around u..u'll find that all plants have adapted themselves... -- Venus Flytrap --> This is a carnivorous plant having a trapiing structure (Beautiful..red in colour) to trap small insects which provides the plant Nitrogen (which is unavailable in soil) -- Cactus --> Holds water in stem, reduced leaves (as spines) to withstand the desert heart -- Water Hyacinth--> Has hollow stems (filled with air) so as to remain floating in the water --Night Flowers --> There are certain night flowers which are brightly coloured and strongly fragranced so as to attract insects Well i guess thats a pretty decent list :-) at night and enable pollination

Any plant that is NOT adapted to its environment is a DEAD PLANT

there is a sort of cactus that has a blossom that smells like rotting meat, im not sure what good it is though,

The most extreme adaptations come in the most extreme environments. For plants, that means little or no water, nutrients or anchorage. Which leads to carnivorous plants, xerophytes, epiphytes and lithophytes. http://www.extreme-plants.nl/carniflora_en.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerophyte http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epiphyte http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithophyte Other adaptations - prehaps the ones you're looking for - result from coevolution with animals (especially insects) or other plants. http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/_0_0/evo_33 http://www.ucsc.edu/currents/01-02/06-24/coevolution.html http://biology.clc.uc.edu/courses/bio303/coevolution.htm

All plants are specially adapted to their environment.

All native plants to an area are adapted to their environment. A bald cypress tree submerged in water for it's lifetime develops "knees" for obtaining oxygen and providing support. Ginsing likes to grow under Sugar Maple trees. There are certain mushrooms that will only grow in pine needles. etc etc etc. The list really is endless.