What are examples of producers that live in the Sahara desert?

Some desert palms are extremely long-lived with lifespans of 150 years or more. Other species, such as the doum palm, produce fruits that can be safely eaten by animals. Humans living in or near the Sahara use the rinds of the doum palm's fruit for making molasses. read more

Desert regions around the world can be found in parts of Australia, south-western USA, central Asia, China, South America and southern Africa. The most famous and largest desert is, of course, the Sahara Desert found in North Africa. Overview of Desert Ecology. Desert areas are arid zones due to minimal rainfall. read more

In the Sahara Desert, producers include grasses, shrubs, cacti and gourd plants. Consumers are organisms that must eat to obtain energy. There are three layers of consumers: primary consumers, which eat only producers, secondary consumers, which eat primary consumers, and tertiary consumers, which eat both primary and secondary consumers. read more

Examples of decomposers in the Sahara Desert include mushrooms, bacteria, beetles, earthworms and millipedes. Decomposers are at the bottom of the food chain and serve to decompose dead animals, dead plants and excrement by feeding off of these substances and returning them to the soil. read more