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72 Cards in this Set
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Life cycle of a tree |
seedling, sapling, pole tree, coming tree |
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Chablis |
gap |
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Massart |
Kapok branching |
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Planalto |
Flat surface in the Amazon basin |
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Guianan |
North shield |
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Brazilian |
South shield |
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Kaolinite |
Si, Al, H, O |
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Igapo |
Flooded forest along black water rivers |
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Caatinga |
Low caatinga has tall trees high caatinga has low trees, high caatinga has water stress, coarse sand, Fe and Al |
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Campina |
"small field" with ground cover plants such as bromeliads and carnivorous plants |
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"A" diversity |
species within community |
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"B" diversity |
community type within an area |
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Varzea |
Crop lands along white river, clay soil |
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ECM |
Ectomicorrhizae, sheathing mycorrhizae, does not enter plant cells |
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VAM |
Vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizae, penetrates root cells |
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Liana |
Cable-like plants with winding twigs, tendrils, hooks, or shoots that harden around structure |
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Epiphytes |
Herbaceous plants that grow in trees |
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Epiphylls |
Lichens, liverwort, and mosses |
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Hemi-epiphytes |
epiphytes that grow roots to the ground |
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Hemi-parasites |
true parasites |
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Saprophytes |
forest floor plants |
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Leptocaul |
trunks slender compared to tops |
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Pachycaul |
trunks thick compared to tops |
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Tree heights |
canopy 30-50 meters, emergents 45-70 meters |
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Chlorophora excelsa |
African Teak |
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Ficus Benjamina |
Benjamin's Fig |
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Root Purpose |
enlarge purchase area, increase breathing capacity, support horizontal enlargement |
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Leaves |
Large, similar among trees, drip tips |
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Sterculiaceae |
Cacao, cupuacu |
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Moraceae |
Figs |
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Bignoniaceae (Cressentia sp) |
calabash |
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Hevea brasiliensis |
Rubber tree |
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Pseudobombax munguba |
False kapok |
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Bombacaceae |
Kapoks |
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Plagiotropic |
Built like a christmas tree |
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Orthotropic |
branch upward |
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Troll |
Legume, alternating shape |
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Cyanogenic glycosides |
hydro cyanide erupts when plant cells disrupted |
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Bauhinia sp |
Monkey ladder |
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Clusia sp (Guttiferae) |
hemi-epiphyte |
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Ficus sp (Moraceae) |
Strangler |
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Loranthaceae |
large flower mistletoe |
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Viscaceae |
small flower mistletoe |
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Melastomataceae |
non-woody melastomes |
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Selaginella sp |
Fern-ally |
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Utricularia |
bladderwort |
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Salvinia |
Floating fern |
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Montrichardria |
Floating grass (Araceae) |
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Victoria amazonica |
Amazon water lily |
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Ceiba pentandria (Bombaceae) |
Giant kapok |
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Flooding adaptations |
air space in root cortex, suberin, anaerobic respiration |
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Percarp |
Part of seed, when spongy it's for floating, when sweet and edible it's for animal dispersal |
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Aracaceae |
palms |
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Caesalpiniaceae |
Legumes |
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Hevea sp Euphorbiaceae |
Rubber tree |
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Paclura aquatica (Bombacea) |
Kapok with floating seeds |
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Couretari (Lecythidaceae) |
River edge species with winged seeds |
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Ceiba pentandria (Bombacaceae) |
Emergent, cotton-like hairs on seed |
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Bignoniaceae |
Liana with winged seeds |
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Orchidaceae |
orchids |
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Cattleya violacea |
orchid sp |
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Galleandra sp |
orchid sp |
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Bromeliaceae |
bromeliads |
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Aril |
fleshy, optical lures usually red or yellow |
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Bat-dispersed fruit |
hard skin, musty rancid odor, drab color, hangs outside foliage |
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Andira |
bat |
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Dasyprocta |
Agouti (rodent) |
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Theobroma cacao (Sterculiaceae) |
cacao plant |
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Inga sp (Caesalpiniaceae) |
legume monkey-favored |
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Cecropia |
mulberry/nettle, a pioneer species of tree |
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Terpenoids |
chemical defense in sap |
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Canavanine |
insecticide in plants |
