Plant Organs

Question 1

Support: Big roots that look like they arise from the base of the tree trunk. They hold the tree upright and aid in the extensive distribution of the shallow roots.

Answer 1

Buttress roots

Question 2

Support: An adventitious root that arises from the stem and provides additional support for the plant.

Answer 2

Prop/stilt roots

Question 3

Support: A root that grows from and supports the stem above the ground in plants such as mangroves.

Answer 3

Brace roots

Question 4

Support: They grow from the plant stem or leaf tissues. Aerial roots that cling to some kind of support

Answer 4

Clinging roots

Question 5

Storage stem: a horizontal stem that grows near the surface of the soil.

Answer 5

Rhizome

Question 6

Storage stem: swollen underground stems that store carbohydrates.

Answer 6

Tubers

Question 7

Storage stem: Cluster of fleshy leaves attached to the short, thick stem with basal roots.

Answer 7

Bulbs

Question 8

Storage stem: swollen base of stem covered in papery leaves

Answer 8

Corm

Question 9

Asexual reproduction stem: a slender prostrate branch w/ long/short internodes, creeping on the ground and rooting at the nodes.

Answer 9

Runner

Question 10

Asexual reproduction stem: an aerial horizontal stem w/ long internodes; often forms buds that develop into separate plants.

Answer 10

Stolon

Question 11

Asexual reproduction stem: originates in the axil of a leaf as a short, thickened horizontal branch.

Answer 11

Offset

Question 12

Asexual reproduction stem: stem arising from root tissue, often from cut woody plant.

Answer 12

Sucker