mid 3

Question 1

taxonomic classification

Answer 1

All living things (organisms) are classified by the binomial system of nomenclature, the Linnaean system

Question 2

species

Answer 2

a group of organisms where all members do or have the potential to breed with one another and produce fertile offspring

Species name given by: Genus species epithet

Question 3

linean classification

Answer 3

hierachal levels of toxonomic classification, based upon evolutionary relaitonships, assuming relationships is genetic (DNA) structure

Toxonomic hierarchy
○ Class
○ Order
○ Family
○ Genus
○ species

Question 4

Physiognomic classification

Answer 4

groups plants upon similarities in the structure of life form

Ex similarities in branching, leaf shape, height, etc

Question 5

physiognomic traits of trees

Answer 5

single woody stem

Question 6

physiognomic traits of shrubs

Answer 6

have multiple stems branching frm ground

Question 7

physiognomic trait of graminoids

Answer 7

• grasses, sedges, and rushes
• Have parallel venation
• Some graminoids can be arboreal (=height of trees)

Question 8

physiognomic traits of forbs

Answer 8

have dendritic or webbed venation

Question 9

physiognomic traits of herbs

Answer 9

Usually of shorter stature than trees

Question 10

physiognomic traits of epiphytes

Answer 10

Plants that use other plants as supporting structures

Not rooted in the ground and they do not take nutrients or energy from the plants they grow on (not parasitic)

Question 11

physiognomic traits of thallophyte

Answer 11

Lichens, mosses, liverworts etc