Some Of The Plants Flashcards
Rowan tree features
double leaf from same point of stem than ash has less teeth than ash.
Features of Birch?
Lighter colour tree
Smoother trunk and branches
Heart shaped at start of leaf and go spiky
Birch leaves are usually small
Features of Alder trees?
Side or leaf has diagonal foreward spikey shape
Sometimes can have inverted curve at end of leaf.
Features of elm?
Looks like birch but one side of leaf is longer than other - it’s noticeable at leaf stem.
Also leaves are larger than birches.
Aspen trees?
Leaf stem is more taller than wide so cross section like a vertical line.
Wavy pattern on side of leaf.
Willow tree?
Multiple vertical leaves coming off main stem.
Spleenwort?
Double leaf fern with small leaves
Lady fern?
Double rows of small leaves coming off stem that comes off plant main stem
Also this double row leaf goes small from main stem to largest diameter to small again at end of leaf
lamiaceae family?
All lamiaceae family have square stems
Scott’s pine?
Has reddish branches which are mostly at top.
Moorland plants?
Common heather Crossleaf heather Moor heather Crowberry Wavy hair grass Hare tailed grass Soft rush sundew
Crowberry?
Has white lines on bottom of leaves.
Wavy hair grass?
Stem has a wiggly pattern.
Hare’s tail grass?
Top looks like a hare’s tail.
Where does soft rush grow?
Nutrient poor marshes.
Features of Sundew?
Only grows in wetlands
Sticky red bulbs
Why might leaves be swollen?
Conserves water as a form of salt tolerance.
Why does marram Grass dominate dunes?
It thrives being covered in sand.
Dune plants?
Marram Grass Red festew Yorkshire Fog Dewberry brambles Birdsfoot treffoil Wild carrot Burnett rose Harrying flower Wild thyme Ribwort plantain Mouseear hawkweed Buttercup Daisy Wild carrot Rest harrow
Burnett rose?
Thorny and red.
Ribwort plantain?
Has lines on elongated leaves that look like ribs.
Mouseear hawkweed?
Leaf looks like mouse’s ear. (Short and round and has white hairs)
Has white colouration on bottom.
Daisy?
Minute petals in flower.
Features of Douglas fir?
Very straight and tall with short branches coming off?
Features of pines?
Pine needle leaves.
Features of maples?
Maple leaf shape like Canadian flag.
Rowans?
Short trees.
Are sycamore trees maple trees?
Yes
Ash features?
Leaf is double leaves coming off stem but also has a leaf at end of that stem.
Both alder and aspen leaves look similar.
Yeah
