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below is a food web from joshua tree national park, a desert ecosystem in southern california. which organisms are producers in this food web? select all that apply. grasshopper desert woodrat kit fox coyote beavertail cactus
Producers in a food web are organisms that can produce their own food through photosynthesis (like plants) or chemosynthesis. In the given food web, the beavertail cactus is a plant (producer) as it can perform photosynthesis. Grasshopper, desert woodrat, kit fox, and coyote are consumers (they eat other organisms, not produce their own food). So only beavertail cactus is a producer here.
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