The desert ecosystem is either do not have any vegetation or it is very scanty that too in the form of thorns and bushes. The annual rainfall is less than 25 centimeters.
Abiotic components: The components varied and typical due to extremes of both temperature and water factors. The soil is poor in organic matter and nutrients.
Biotic components: The various biotic components are:
Producers: These are shrubs especially bushes some grasses and few trees. The shrubs have widespread root system with their stems and branches variously modified. Sometimes a few succulents like cacti are also present.
Consumers: the most of common animals are reptiles and insects able to live under derrick conditions. In additions to some nocturnal rodents and birds are also present. The ship of desert - camels feed on tender shoots of the plants.
Decomposers : These are very few, as due to poor vegetation the amount of dead organic matter is correspondingly less. They are some fungi and bacteria Most of which are thermophilic.
