Plant Parts August 2008 What are the parts

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Plant Parts August 2008

Plant Parts August 2008

What are the parts of a plant? Node: swollen part of stem where buds

What are the parts of a plant? Node: swollen part of stem where buds form (leaves or stems grow here) Cotyledons: leaves formed at first node (cotyledonary node) August 2008

August 2008

August 2008

What are the parts of a plant? Epicotyl: all of plant formed above cotyledonary

What are the parts of a plant? Epicotyl: all of plant formed above cotyledonary node Internode: stem tissue between nodes August 2008

What are the types of stems? 1) Woody Stem: trees, shrubs, woody perennials 2)

What are the types of stems? 1) Woody Stem: trees, shrubs, woody perennials 2) Grass Stem: hollow or filled 3) Herbaceous Stem: like woody but softer (clover, alfalfa) 4) Modified Stem: August 2008

Types of Modified Stems • Bulbs: (onion) • Tubers: (potato) • Stolons: above ground

Types of Modified Stems • Bulbs: (onion) • Tubers: (potato) • Stolons: above ground runner (strawberry) • Rhizomes: below ground runners (field bindweed or creeping jenny) August 2008

What are the functions of stems? 1) transport water, nutrients, sugars 2) support leaves

What are the functions of stems? 1) transport water, nutrients, sugars 2) support leaves 3) store food August 2008

What are buds? • special tissue on stems that can grow into new plant

What are buds? • special tissue on stems that can grow into new plant parts • buds are described according to: August 2008

 • 1) structures into which they grow – -Vegetative: leaves or stems –

• 1) structures into which they grow – -Vegetative: leaves or stems – -Floral: flowers – -Mixed: both • 2) where buds appear on stem – -Apical: tips of stems • -if floral = bush • -if vegetative = vine – -Axillary: where leaf joins stem – -Adventitious: near wounds • 3) How buds are arranged August 2008

Bud Arrangements – Alternate (alfalfa) – Opposite (beans) – Whorled (not common) August 2008

Bud Arrangements – Alternate (alfalfa) – Opposite (beans) – Whorled (not common) August 2008

What is Apical Dominance? • apical bud tries to make plant grow taller or

What is Apical Dominance? • apical bud tries to make plant grow taller or longer • if we remove apical bud, we remove the apical dominance August 2008

What are leaves? • undergo photosynthesis, exchange gases August 2008

What are leaves? • undergo photosynthesis, exchange gases August 2008

What is the difference between a simple leaf and a compound leaf? • simple

What is the difference between a simple leaf and a compound leaf? • simple leaf = 2 parts (leaf blade and petiole) August 2008

What is the difference between a simple leaf and a compound leaf? • Compound

What is the difference between a simple leaf and a compound leaf? • Compound leaf: leaf blade divided into leaflets August 2008

What are the different types of compound leaves? • Palmately compound August 2008

What are the different types of compound leaves? • Palmately compound August 2008

What are the different types of compound leaves? • Pinately compound August 2008

What are the different types of compound leaves? • Pinately compound August 2008

What are the different types of compound leaves? • Trifoliate (alfalfa) August 2008

What are the different types of compound leaves? • Trifoliate (alfalfa) August 2008

What is the Hypocotyl? • part of the plant below the cotyledonary node August

What is the Hypocotyl? • part of the plant below the cotyledonary node August 2008

What purpose does the hypocotyl serve? 1) anchor plant 2) absorb water & nutrients

What purpose does the hypocotyl serve? 1) anchor plant 2) absorb water & nutrients 3) store food August 2008

What are the types of root systems? -Taproot: one main root, has no nodes

What are the types of root systems? -Taproot: one main root, has no nodes – (carrot, evergreen, kochia) -Fibrous root: many nodes, branching root system (grasses) August 2008

To help prevent soil erosion, which root system would be best? • Fibrous August

To help prevent soil erosion, which root system would be best? • Fibrous August 2008

What are the parts of a grass plant? • Leaves = Sheath is the

What are the parts of a grass plant? • Leaves = Sheath is the part of leaf that wraps around the stem • Joints = internodes • Culm = stems August 2008

Grass Plant Parts • Tillers = branches, all branch from the base of the

Grass Plant Parts • Tillers = branches, all branch from the base of the plant • Crown = union of roots and stem • Jointing stage = stems elongate rapidly August 2008

August 2008

August 2008