Plant Morphology & Growth

7.1 The basic structures involved in plant growth

Woody stem cross section

3.9(B) Cannabis sativa

Leaf Anatomy

3.9(C) A leaf of Dianthus sp.

Leaf Anatomy

3.9(A) Scanning electron micrograph of a stoma in a leaf of Allium sp.

Leaf arrangement

Whirled leaf arrangement on Catalpa speciosa

Leaf margin morphology

Acer saccharum- entire

Carya ovata-serrate & clumped tricomes

7.2 The Raunkiaer system of perennial growth form classification

Old idea about plant classification, still relevant

7.3 Spatial patterns of the spread of ramets within a clone

Ecology of clonalgrowth/reproduction.

Advantages/Disadvantages

Diagram of a grass plant that grows by vegetative spread

This quaking aspen genet is estimated to be more than 10,000 years old

Arundinaria giganteaBamboo native to Ohio.clonal/phalanx

7.5 Reproduction in a typical angiosperm, as illustrated by Lilium catesbaei (Part 1)

7.5 Reproduction in a typical angiosperm, as illustrated by Lilium catesbaei (Part 2)

7.5 Reproduction in a typical angiosperm, as illustrated by Lilium catesbaei (Part 3)

7.5 Reproduction in a typical angiosperm, as illustrated by Lilium catesbaei (Part 4)

7.6 The form of a flower depends on the mode of pollination (Part 1)

Plant Morphology & Growth