Recongise Plants, Topic 2, Plant types

Question 1

Name the order in geologic time of the appearance of vascular plants

Answer 1

Ferns Gymnosperms Angiosperms–subclass dicotyledonae Angiosperms–sublass monocotyledonae

Question 2

Describe Fern reproduction

Answer 2

They produce sexual reproductive cells that require water in order for the male cells to move to the female cells. So most ferns are found in moist environments. They produce spores inside a body called a sporangia. These are usually located on the underside of the leaf.

Question 3

List three common Australian ferns

Answer 3

Dickonsonia Antartica (Tree fern) Asplenium astralasicum (Birds nest fern) Adiantum aethiopicum (Maidenhair Fern)

Question 4

What kind of fern is this?

Answer 4

Birds Nest, Asplenium Australasicum

Question 5

What kind of fern is this?

Answer 5

Soft Bracken, Calochlaena dubia

Question 6

List characteristics of Gymnosperms, also called Dinosaur plants,

Answer 6

• Translates to “naked seeds”
• seeds do not have protective housing and simply sit within seeding structure (e.g.: pine cone)
• They do not have flowers or fruits.

Question 7

List classes of Gymnosperms

Answer 7

• Cycads
• Conifers
• Gingko biloba

Question 8

Monoecious

Answer 8

Having separate male and female reproductive structures which can be on the same plant.

Question 9

List the differences between Dicots and Monocots.

Answer 9

Question 10

Daisies are of the Family:

Answer 10

Asteraceae

Question 11

Is this a dicot or monocot?

What is it’s name?

Answer 11

Dicot, Eriostemon australasius (pink wax flower)

Question 12

Identify the following:

Answer 12

Question 13

What is grass fruit called?

Answer 13

caryopsis or grain

Question 14

Bromeliads are monocots or dicots?

Answer 14

monocots.

Question 15

Identify

Answer 15

Nerium oleander. Dicot

Question 16

Identify

Answer 16

Clivia miniata (monocot)

Question 17

What is a Mallee

Answer 17

A woody plant form, growing usually up to a max of 8 meters, with multiple ane more or less equal stems. Mainly confined to eucalypts and close relatives (ie Angophora/Corymbia)

It is an Angiospermae, Dicotyledonae.

hardwood perennial

Question 18

Plant form: Tree (flowering)

Answer 18

Question 19

Define Forb

Answer 19

Question 20

Define Graminoid

Answer 20

Question 21

Define Sedge and Rush

Answer 21

Question 22

Define:

Answer 22

Lomandra multiflora. A monocot. It appears grass-like but has different flowers and fruits to that of a grass. It is a sedge or graminoid.

Question 23

What kind of tree form is this:

Answer 23

Broad dome”. This describes plants, particularly large trees, which have a very broad or wide drip line with a large, high canopy. eg Ficus macrophylla (Moreton Bay fig.)

Question 24

What kind of tree form is this:

Answer 24

Narrow dome: these trees have a narrow spread (in width) between opposite sides of their drip lines, but have a rather high

canopy, eg Syncarpia glomulifera

(turpentine tree), Stenocarpus sinuatus

(firewheel tree).

Question 25

What kind of tree form is this:

Answer 25

Fastigiate: this tree has a medium sized diameter drip line at the base of its foliage. It also has a high or long canopy which finishes at a pointed apex; it could be described as having an arrowhead shape, eg Cupressus sempervirens ‘Swanes Golden’ (Swanes golden cypress), Salix chilensis ‘Fatigiata’ (pencil willow)

Question 26

What kind of tree form is this:

Answer 26

Columnar: this describes a tree or shrub that has a very narrow drip line width. It has a high canopy that is the same width as the base. Eg populus nigra. Poplar

Question 27

What kind of tree form is this:

Answer 27

Conical (or pyramidal): these plants have a canopy that is shaped like a cone. They have a wide drip line at the base with the head coming to a point at the apex, eg Cedrus deodara, (Deodar cedar).

Question 28

What kind of tree form is this?

Question 29

What kind of tree form is this:

Answer 29

Vase: this term describes shrubs or trees which have many stems that form a very wide or broad top, similar to the shape of a vase in which flowers are exhibited eg Prunus companulata (Taiwan cherry).

Question 30

What kind of tree form is this:

Answer 30

Bun: many conifers and shrubs would fall into this shape, the shrub being usually thickly covered in foliage from the base to the tip, with the outline of the plant forming a semi-oval or bun-like appearance, eg Coprosma repens (New Zealand wax plant), Coleonema pulchrum (Diosma).

Question 31

What kind of tree form is this:

Answer 31

Upright, cane-like: bamboo is a plant which has an upright cane-like growth. Many ornamental plants have this appearance, eg Nandina domestica (Japanese bamboo).

Question 32

What kind of tree form is this:

Answer 32

Horizontal: these are plants that have a very low growth habit with stems growing along the ground, eg Cotoneaster horizontalis.

Question 33

What kind of tree form is this:

Answer 33

Prostrate: these are plants with a very low growth habit with stems that are not as rigid as the horizontal type. The stems then to be pendulous in their growth habit, eg Grevillea ‘Poorinda Royal Mantle’.

Question 34

Describe

Answer 34

Rush