What are some plants that do not need alot of water all year round?

Question

I need to know this for my year 9 science assignment. I have an assignment where we have to come up with water and energy efficient ways to save money around the house. I also would love it if you could tell me what you call plants that shed leaves during winter and grow them back in spring. If you could answer any of this information it would be fantastic.

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Answer 1

Try looking up 'succulents'.  They don't need much water, are very hardy, and some of them can be quite beautiful.  A tree that sheds it's leaves is called a 'deciduous' tree.

Answer 2

Question 1 ) What are some plants that do not need alot of water all year round?

Answer 1 )Succulent plants, also known as succulents or fat plants, are water-retaining plants adapted to arid climate or soil conditions.

Succulent plants store water in their leaves, stems and/or roots.

The storage of water often gives succulent plants a more swollen or fleshy appearance than other plants, also known as succulence. In addition to succulence, succulent plants variously have other water-saving features.

These may include:

1 )Absent, reduced, or cylindrical to spherical leaves

2 )reduction in the number of stomata

3 )stems, rather than leaves, as the main site of photosynthesis

4 ) a compact, reduced, cushion-like, columnar or spherical growth form

5 ) ribs enabling rapid increases in plant volume and decreasing surface area exposed to the sun

6 ) waxy, hairy or spiny outer surface to reduce water loss via the creation of a humid microhabitat around the plant and a reduction in air movement near the surface of the plant.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Succulents

Question 2 ) I also would love it if you could tell me what you call plants that shed leaves during winter and grow them back in spring. ?

Answer 2 )  In botany and horticulture, deciduous plants, including trees, shrubs and herbaceous perennials, are those that lose all of their leaves for part of the year( Usually in WINTER ).

Following is the list of such plants ( Trees and Shrubs )===

Deciduous woody plants ===

The deciduous characteristic has developed repeatedly among woody plants.

Trees include Maple, many Oaks, Elm, Aspen, and Birch, among others, as well as a number of coniferous genera, such as Larch and Metasequoia.

Deciduous shrubs include honeysuckle, poison oak, and many others.

Most temperate woody vines are also deciduous, including grapes, poison ivy, virginia creeper, wisteria, etc.

The characteristic is useful in plant identification; for instance in parts of Southern California and the American Southeast, deciduous and evergreen oak species may grow side by side.

Periods of leaf fall often coincide with seasons: winter in the case of cool-climate plants or the dry-season in the case of tropical plants, however there are no deciduous species among tree-like monocotyledonous plants, e.g. palms, yuccas, and dracenas.

From = A Botanist

Answer 3

Succulents

Answer 4

well for indoor plants the lowest maintenance ones are cactuses wich only need water about once a month, also aloe vera plants are good because they can be used to treat sunburns and stuff, now depending on your climate, north or south, there are various plants that do better by reigion

Answer 5

cactus - they are awesome.

decidous trees i think.