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Petiol |
Stalk that joins the leaf |
Opposite of sessile |
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Cotaledon |
First leaves to appear from a germinating seed |
Ohh cute |
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Seeds |
Bigger, multi cellular, flower and fruit facilities. Transportation by animals |
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Asteraces |
Daisy like flower |
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Secondary growth |
Makes a plant wider or adds woody tissue |
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Cultivar |
A cultured variety of a single plant |
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Hydrophytes |
Plants that depend on ample water supply |
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Hetrotrophic |
Feeds from another |
Yum yum |
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Xanthophyllis |
Yellow |
Colour |
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Cambium layer |
Area of the tree that makes phloam and xylem and forms annual rings |
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Chloroplasts |
Photosynthetic structure / contains chlorophyll |
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Gymnosperm |
Seeds unprotected / cones |
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Aspect |
Where they grow |
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Angiosperm |
Any plant that flowers |
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Xylem |
Transportation of minerals and water from roots to upper part of the plant |
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Growth rings |
Each ring represents 1 year |
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Primary growth |
Makes a plant grow taller at roots and stems |
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Pith |
Spongy cellular tissue found in stems |
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Epiphytes |
Live in the air |
Lives Where? |
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Ryizomes |
Subterranean plant stems that sends out shoots from it's nodes |
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Node |
Potential growing point on the plants stems |
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Coniferouse |
Cone baring seed plant |
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Inflorescence |
A group or cluster of flowers |
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Annual |
Completes it's growth cycle in 1 year |
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Carotenoids |
Yellow, orange, red |
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Chlorophyll |
Green |
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Pollination |
The process of transferring pollen from anther to stigma |
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Spores |
Microscopic , unicellular, undernieth leaves |
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Biennial |
Takes two growing seasons to complete a life cycle |
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Perennial |
Lives indefinitely after flowering / 3 or more years |
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Nomenclature |
The naming of plants |
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Autotrophic |
Self feeders |
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Sessile |
Without a stalk |
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Herbaceouse |
Soft woody stem |
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Phloem |
Transportation of nutrients and food from leaves to growing parts of the plant... TOP TO BOTTOM |
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Hybrid |
A cross of 2 different varieties or different species |
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Mesophytes |
Grow under average conditions of water supply |
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Xerophytes |
Plants adapted to dry (arrid) conditions |
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Receptical |
Flowers attachment to stalk |
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Flower stalk |
Supports flower |
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Nectary |
Holds sugary solution to attract insects and birds |
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Stem |
Provides support and allows for upright growth. / link 4 transportation of nutrients from roots 2 leaves |
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Climber/ vine/ creaper |
A plant with a weak stem that cannot support itself |
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Bulb/ corn/ tuber |
Fleshy swollen stem, usually underground. |
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Shoot |
New growth from a plant |
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Roots |
Absorb nutrients and water from the ground. / anchor the plant and sometimes food storage. |
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Pollen |
Contains male reproductive cells |
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Leaf |
Photosynthesis/exchange gasses |
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Shoot |
New growth/allows for development of leaves and flowers |
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