Some Of The Plants Flashcards

1
Q

Rowan tree features

A

double leaf from same point of stem than ash has less teeth than ash.

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2
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Features of Birch?

A

Lighter colour tree
Smoother trunk and branches
Heart shaped at start of leaf and go spiky
Birch leaves are usually small

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3
Q

Features of Alder trees?

A

Side or leaf has diagonal foreward spikey shape

Sometimes can have inverted curve at end of leaf.

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4
Q

Features of elm?

A

Looks like birch but one side of leaf is longer than other - it’s noticeable at leaf stem.

Also leaves are larger than birches.

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5
Q

Aspen trees?

A

Leaf stem is more taller than wide so cross section like a vertical line.
Wavy pattern on side of leaf.

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6
Q

Willow tree?

A

Multiple vertical leaves coming off main stem.

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7
Q

Spleenwort?

A

Double leaf fern with small leaves

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8
Q

Lady fern?

A

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

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9
Q

lamiaceae family?

A

All lamiaceae family have square stems

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10
Q

Scott’s pine?

A

Has reddish branches which are mostly at top.

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11
Q

Moorland plants?

A
Common heather
Crossleaf heather
Moor heather 
Crowberry
Wavy hair grass
Hare tailed grass
Soft rush
sundew
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12
Q

Crowberry?

A

Has white lines on bottom of leaves.

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13
Q

Wavy hair grass?

A

Stem has a wiggly pattern.

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14
Q

Hare’s tail grass?

A

Top looks like a hare’s tail.

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15
Q

Where does soft rush grow?

A

Nutrient poor marshes.

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16
Q

Features of Sundew?

A

Only grows in wetlands

Sticky red bulbs

17
Q

Why might leaves be swollen?

A

Conserves water as a form of salt tolerance.

18
Q

Why does marram Grass dominate dunes?

A

It thrives being covered in sand.

19
Q

Dune plants?

A
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
20
Q

Burnett rose?

A

Thorny and red.

21
Q

Ribwort plantain?

A

Has lines on elongated leaves that look like ribs.

22
Q

Mouseear hawkweed?

A

Leaf looks like mouse’s ear. (Short and round and has white hairs)
Has white colouration on bottom.

23
Q

Daisy?

A

Minute petals in flower.

24
Q

Features of Douglas fir?

A

Very straight and tall with short branches coming off?

25
Q

Features of pines?

A

Pine needle leaves.

26
Q

Features of maples?

A

Maple leaf shape like Canadian flag.

27
Q

Rowans?

A

Short trees.

28
Q

Are sycamore trees maple trees?

A

Yes

29
Q

Ash features?

A

Leaf is double leaves coming off stem but also has a leaf at end of that stem.

30
Q

Both alder and aspen leaves look similar.

A

Yeah