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21 Cards in this Set
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Lenticels |
Pores for exchange of gas |
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Stolon |
Creeping above ground stem, produces adventitous roots |
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Bulb |
Stem surrounded by fleshy leaves |
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Root hair |
Microscopic roots, absorb moisture |
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Ariel roots |
Type of adventitious root used for climbing |
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Petiole |
Stalk that joins the stem and blade |
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Blade |
Broad flat part of the leaf |
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Adventitious root |
A root which grows from somewhere other than the root system |
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Stipule |
Small leaf-like appendage fused under the petiole |
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Tendril |
Modified leaf, stipule, shoot or petiole used for climbing |
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Thorn |
Derives from shoot |
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Spine |
Derives from leaf |
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Prickle |
Derives from epidermis |
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Pinate arrangement |
Leaflets arranged along one stem |
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Bipinate arrangement |
Main axis with two or more branches separating leaflets |
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Gymnosperm |
Naked seed (often protected by cone) no flowers, pollinated by the wind |
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Angiosperm |
Seeds have an overy which often become a fleshy or dry fruit |
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Monocot |
Angiosperm with long narrow leaves, parralel viens, scattered vascular bundles and a floral pattern of 3 |
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Dicot |
Angiosperm with broad leaves, network of veins, circular vascular bundles and floral pattern of 4 or 5 |
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Warm season tempature |
18-27°C |
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Cold season tempature |
15-18°C |