Plant morphology

with a damp paper towel. Once the seed germinates and the plant has begun to sprout, move the seeds to four separate pots, and add soil. Once the plants have begun to sprout take the measurement of each plant and record your data for day zero. Next, take three glass containers of greatly varying volumes (41,4185cm3, 2,250cm3, and 602cm3 were used). Before the plants are placed underneath these containers, give 15ml of water to each plant. The numbered pots will remain underneath these three…

The alyssum plants are adapted to high heat, a great amount of light and can live in high drought area. These plants attracts butterflies, bloom fine violets and white and pink flowers. They are also .2 to 1 foot tall and spread about .75 to 1 foot long. The flowers bloom in almost every time of the year. To measure how darkness and limited light affects a light needing plant like the alyssums, an experiment was established. The question of this experiment is, what effect does the darkness have…

In Williamsburg, a town in Brooklyn, rooted a tree called by some “The Tree of Heaven.” many trees alike this one never were prosperous in growth, always failing to reach the high skies. This tree, in eleven-year-old Francie Nolan’s yard, particularly was special because it signified growth through struggle. The heavenly tree’s lush umbrella shaped leaves cascaded around a third floor fire escape. This is where Francie adored most of all. She had perched on the fire escape from time to time,…

Joshua trees are relatively fast growers for desert plants. Seedlings will grow at an average rate of 7.6 cm (3 inches) per year in their first ten years. Seedlings will then slow to 3.8 cm (1.5 inches) per year. Many desert plants need to grow to a height of about 1 meter to escape high ground temperatures and shading of adjacent plants, which will negatively affect their growth rate. Joshua trees can exceed 3 meters, which allows them to escape these pressures. DeFalco et al. believes this…

Oaks, which is where President Dave McFadden and past Manchester University presidents have lived. Some of the significant problems that are hitting Tall Oaks are things like: invasive plant and tree diversity and leaving the snags up. Once a upon a time, Manchester College (now university) was adding trees and plants to the grounds; most were foreign and invasive trees, like the Cherry Blossom tree. There were close to a thousand saplings of invasive trees…

Maple trees are glorious trees to have in your yard because they are so large and strong. However, there are a few tree diseases that seem to occur more often with maple trees that you need to be aware of. Awareness of these diseases can help you treat and save your maple trees should Maple Wilt Maple wilt is caused by two different types of fungi, Verticillium dahlia and Verticillium alboatrum. These fungi reside in the soil and starts by working its way into your Maple tree’s root system.…

scientific classification: Kingdom is Plantae; unranked are Angiosperms, Eudicots, and Rosids; Order is Malvales; Family is Malvaceae; Genus is Hibiscus; and Species is H. rosa-sinensis (USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program). In a flowering plants there are two main systems shoot system and root system. In the shoot system there are the apical buds, flowers, stem, leaf, axillary bud, petiole, node, and internode.…

In the beginning year in El Salvador, the first fruit to bloom is called Zapote, it is a very sweet fruit, the shell has a soft texture like an avocado and the inside is orange, you may eat it with just a spoon or make a liquefied drink. Every plant and fruit has its season for all the right time it is ripped.…

and animals and not just the trees. True forest only grow where the climate is more conducive than average to the development of land vegetation. New vegetation usually only appears after a disturbance has eliminated all or some of the preexisting plants. If someone wants to create a specific kind of forest, it is best to consider the natural disturbance that are in the area. No species is adapted to all natural disturbances, so it is important to know what grows after a specific kind of…

Alstromeria known by people as Peruvian lily or lily of the Incas or parrot lily is a south America genus of over 50 species of flowering plants with its natural habitat ranging from the cool mountain of the Andes in Chile, Peru and brazil and this magnificent flower was discovered in the 18th century by the Swedish scientist Clas alstromer Fabulously beautiful with varying shades of bright green, bright purple, orange, pink, rose, purple, red, yellow, white or salmon colors, this unique color…