CAM Plant

This is a cactus, which is considered a CAM plant. CAM plants usually reside in hot dry climates, like a desert. CAM plants have adapted themselves to avoid water loss during the long hot days by only opening their stomata at night. This means that this plant is only able to get CO2 at night, which delays the photosynthesis process for these plants until daylight. The CAM plant group consists of all succulent plants, so not just cactuses are in this group.