Horticulture 1
Plant parts
Leaf arrangement:
Leaves are attached to the stem in various patterns.
Draw the following patterns of leaves a they are attached to the stem.
Opposite:
Alternate:
Whorled:
What is the main function of stems?
What is the other function of herbaceous stems?
What are buds important for on a stem?
Buds produce either _______________________ or ____________________ parts of the
plant.
What do vegetative buds contain?
What is the bud at the tip of a stem?
What is contained in the terminal bud?
What is the significance of auxins?
What are the buds called which grow from the side of the stem?
What stem adaptations provide protection for the plant?
What part of the stem transports water and minerals from the roots to the leaves?
What type of support is provided by the xylem?
What part of the vascular system carries sugars to the rest of the plant?
Why do the roots need sugars?
Describe the difference in monocot and dicot vascular systems.
Some examples of monocots are…..
Some examples of dicots are….
Draw the cross section of a monocot and label the xylem and phloem.
Draw the cross section of the dicot and label the xylem, phloem, cambium, and pith.
What causes annual rings that are seen in trees when they are cut down?
Where does cell division occur in the dicot?
What is the purpose of specialized stems?
Name 3 examples of these modified stems.
________________ _________________ are swollen tips of a rhizomes.
What is a corm? Name an example.
What is a rhizome? Give an example.
What is a bulb? Name an example.
What do spider plants produce?