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Petiol

Stalk that joins the leaf

Opposite of sessile

Cotaledon

First leaves to appear from a germinating seed

Ohh cute

Seeds

Bigger, multi cellular, flower and fruit facilities. Transportation by animals

Asteraces

Daisy like flower

Secondary growth

Makes a plant wider or adds woody tissue

Cultivar

A cultured variety of a single plant

Hydrophytes

Plants that depend on ample water supply

Hetrotrophic

Feeds from another

Yum yum

Xanthophyllis

Yellow

Colour

Cambium layer

Area of the tree that makes phloam and xylem and forms annual rings

Chloroplasts

Photosynthetic structure / contains chlorophyll

Gymnosperm

Seeds unprotected / cones

Aspect

Where they grow

Angiosperm

Any plant that flowers

Xylem

Transportation of minerals and water from roots to upper part of the plant

Growth rings

Each ring represents 1 year

Primary growth

Makes a plant grow taller at roots and stems

Pith

Spongy cellular tissue found in stems

Epiphytes

Live in the air

Lives Where?

Ryizomes

Subterranean plant stems that sends out shoots from it's nodes

Node

Potential growing point on the plants stems

Coniferouse

Cone baring seed plant

Inflorescence

A group or cluster of flowers

Annual

Completes it's growth cycle in 1 year

Carotenoids

Yellow, orange, red

Chlorophyll

Green

Pollination

The process of transferring pollen from anther to stigma

Spores

Microscopic , unicellular, undernieth leaves

Biennial

Takes two growing seasons to complete a life cycle

Perennial

Lives indefinitely after flowering / 3 or more years

Nomenclature

The naming of plants

Autotrophic

Self feeders

Sessile

Without a stalk

Herbaceouse

Soft woody stem

Phloem

Transportation of nutrients and food from leaves to growing parts of the plant... TOP TO BOTTOM

Hybrid

A cross of 2 different varieties or different species

Mesophytes

Grow under average conditions of water supply

Xerophytes

Plants adapted to dry (arrid) conditions

Receptical

Flowers attachment to stalk

Flower stalk

Supports flower

Nectary

Holds sugary solution to attract insects and birds

Stem

Provides support and allows for upright growth. / link 4 transportation of nutrients from roots 2 leaves

Climber/ vine/ creaper

A plant with a weak stem that cannot support itself

Bulb/ corn/ tuber

Fleshy swollen stem, usually underground.

Shoot

New growth from a plant

Roots

Absorb nutrients and water from the ground. / anchor the plant and sometimes food storage.

Pollen

Contains male reproductive cells

Leaf

Photosynthesis/exchange gasses

Shoot

New growth/allows for development of leaves and flowers