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Xeriscaping is landscaping and gardening that reduces or eliminates the need for supplemental water from irrigation.

It is promoted in regions that do not have easily accessible, plentiful, or reliable supplies of fresh water, and is gaining acceptance in other areas as access to water becomes more limited.

Xeriscaping may be an alternative to various types of traditional gardening.

In botany, succulent plants, also known as succulents or sometimes water storage plants, are plants that have some parts that are more than normally thickened and fleshy, usually to retain water in arid climates or soil conditions.

The word "succulent" comes from the Latin word sucus, meaning juice, or sap.

Succulent plants may store water in various structures, such as leaves and stems.

Some definitions also include roots, so that geophytes that survive unfavorable periods by dying back to underground storage organs may be regarded as succulents.

In horticultural use, the term "succulent" is often used in a way which excludes plants that botanists would regard as succulents, such as cacti.

Succulents are often grown as ornamental plants because of their striking and unusual appearance.

A cactus (plural: cacti, cactuses, or cactus) is a member of the plant family Cactaceae, a family comprising about 127 genera with some 1750 known species of the order Caryophyllales.

The word "cactus" derives, through Latin, from the Ancient Greek, kaktos, a name originally used by Theophrastus for a spiny plant whose identity is not certain.

Cacti occur in a wide range of shapes and sizes.

Most cacti live in habitats subject to at least some drought.

Many live in extremely dry environments, even being found in the Atacama Desert, one of the driest places on earth.

Cacti show many adaptations to conserve water.

Almost all cacti are succulents, meaning they have thickened, fleshy parts adapted to store water.

Unlike many other succulents, the stem is the only part of most cacti where this vital process takes place.

Most species of cacti have lost true leaves, retaining only spines, which are highly modified leaves.

As well as defending against herbivores, spines help prevent water loss by reducing air flow close to the cactus and providing some shade.

A landscape is the visible features of an area of land, its landforms and how they integrate with natural or man-made features.

A (from; "courtyard", "forecourt", "yard") is an outdoor space generally used for dining or recreation that adjoins a residence and is typically paved.