PlantTerminologyActivity_F24.docx

**Plant Terminology Activity** **ENVR 162: Fall 2024** **Description:** Use Plants of Southern Interior to answer the questions below. Do you best to apply the plant terminology provided in the slides and in your copy of *Plants of the Southern Interior*. An answer key will be posted to Moodle. 1...

**Plant Terminology Activity** **ENVR 162: Fall 2024** **Description:** Use Plants of Southern Interior to answer the questions below. Do you best to apply the plant terminology provided in the slides and in your copy of *Plants of the Southern Interior*. An answer key will be posted to Moodle. 1. *Clintonia uniflora* a. Describe the leaf margin. b. Describe the leaf venation. c. Is this a monocot or eudicot? 2. *Rubus parviflorus* d. What is the life span of this plant? e. What is the plant habit? f. Describe the leaf shape. 3. *Sambucus cerulea* g. What is the common name of this plant? h. Describe the leaf complexity (simple of compound)? i. What is the plant habit? *\ * 4. *Galium triflorum* j. What is the leaf arrangement of this plant? k. This plant's growth is described as "prostrate". What does that mean? l. This plant has Velcro-like trichomes. Define trichomes. 5. *Pinus ponderosa* m. This tree is a gymnosperm. Define gymnosperm. n. Ponderosa has needles in bundles of how many? o. Describe the needles. 6. *Corylus cornuta* p. Describe the leaf margin. q. Describe the leaf venation. r. Describe the leaf arrangement. 7. *Centaurea stoebe* s. What is the life span of this plant? t. Describe the plant habit. u. This plant is described as invasive. Define this term. 8. *Symphoricarpos albus* v. Describe the leaf arrangement. w. Describe the leaf complexity. x. Describe the leaf shape. 9. *Prunus virginiana* y. Describe the leaf arrangement. z. Describe the leaf complexity. a. Describe the lenticels and their function. 10. *Populus tremuloides* b. This is an angiosperm. Define. c. Describe the petiole. d. This plant is dioicous. Define.