BOTANY LAB- EXERCISE 1: FORMS OF PLANTS.pdf

EXERCISE 1: FORMS OF PLANTS BIO421L 1ST SEMESTER | A.Y. 2023 – 2024 | PROFESSOR VENTURINA & ORDAS FOR...

EXERCISE 1: FORMS OF PLANTS BIO421L 1ST SEMESTER | A.Y. 2023 – 2024 | PROFESSOR VENTURINA & ORDAS FORMS OF PLANTS PLANT STRATEGIES Evergreen – green leaves through the year Tree Large. Woody ○ Examples: Pinus sylvestris, Acacia concinna plant having Deciduous – shed their leaves, usually as an adaptation to a secondary cold or dry/wet season branches ○ Example: Quercus sp. supported on a main stem or PLANT LIFE CYCLES trunk Shrub Smaller, woody Annuals One year life cycle plant with ○ Tagetes patula multiple stems ○ Helianthus annuus ○ Zea mays ○ Oryza sativa ○ Ocimum basilicum ○ Pisum sativum Biennials Two year life cycle Vines Herbaceous or ○ Myosotis abyssinica woody plant with ○ Digitalis sp. a climbing or ○ Petroselinum crispum twining stem ○ Daucus carota Perennials Life cycle lasts more than two years Forbs Herbaceous ○ Carica papaya broad-leaved ○ Fragaria x ananassa plants often with ○ Allium cepa showy flowers ○ Solanum lycoperscium ○ Solanum tuberosum Annual OR A plant can behave as an annual Perennial or as a perennial depending on Grasses Herbaceous plant local climatic and geographic with slender blades growing conditions and inconspicuous ○ Carica papaya flowers ○ Fragaria x ananassa ○ Allium cepa ○ Solanum lycoperscium Aquatic plants Generally ○ Solanum tuberosum herbaceous plant that grows partly wholly in the water 1MOLBIO Luna, Aishia Abby Ken 1