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32 Cards in this Set
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Poison Oak |
Toxicodendron diversilobum |
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Plant communities |
1. Chaparral 2. Coastal scrub 3. Grassland 4. Rock outcrop 5. Riparian 6. Anthropogenic 7. Oak woodland |
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What sections is bark made up of? |
Cork, cork cambium, and living phloem |
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What tree does commercial cork come from? |
Quercus suber |
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4 root functions |
1. Anchorage 2. Absorption 3. Conduction 4. Storage |
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4 different leaf forms |
1. Simple 2. Pinnately compound 3. Bipinnately compound 4. Palmately compound |
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2 leaf lobing styles |
1. Pinnate 2. Palmate |
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serrate |
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dentate |
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crenate |
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smooth/entire |
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Coast Live Oak |
Quercus agrifolia |
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Canyon Live Oak |
Quercus chrysolepsis |
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Valley Oak |
Quercus lobata |
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Red Gum Eucalyptus |
Eucalyptus camaldulensis |
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Drier climate on the lee slopes of mountains causes _______. |
rain shadows |
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biodiversity hotspot |
region that harbors a great diversity of species and has been significantly impacted by humans |
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Floristic provinces |
major areas characterized by plants that occur primarily in that region and nowhere else |
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3 Californian Floristic provinces |
1. California Floristic Province 2. Great Basin Floristic Province 3. Sonoran Floristic Province |
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CA Floristic Province has ___% of genera and ___% of species in CA |
85, 81 |
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SLO has _____ native species |
1850 |
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California has ____ native and ____ non-native species. |
5787, 1088 |
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Alaska has _____ native species |
1366 |
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Costa Rica has _____ native species |
9200 |
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African veldt grass |
Echarta calycinca |
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Endemic species |
Confined to a particular location, region, or habitat |
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_____ of CA species are endemic |
1/3 |
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______ of species in CA Floristic Province are endemic |
1/2 |
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Ecotones |
spacial borders where two or more communities come together; can be abrupt or gradual |
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Succession |
transition of community structure and composition through time |
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Diamond petaled poppy |
Eschscholzia rhombipetala |
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Type specimens |
particular specimen to which scientific name is formally attached |
