STEMS Flashcards
ARE PLANT ORGANS WHICH ARE CONTINUATIONS OF THE ROOTS USUALLY LOCATED ABOVE THE SURFACE OF THE SOIL
STEMS
A YOUNG STEM 1-YEAR-OLD OR LESS WITH LEAVES
SHOOT
A YOUNG STEM 1-YEAR-OLD OR LESS THAT IS IN THE DORMANT WINTER STAGE HAS NO LEAVES
TWIG
A STEM THAT IS MORE THAN 1-YEAR-OLD TYPICALLY WITH LATERAL STEMS RADIATING FROM IT
BRANCH
A WOODY PLANTS MAIN STEM
TRUNK
THE STEM WITH ITS LEAVES IS CALLED WHAT
SHOOT
ALL THE STEMS AND LEAVES OF A PLANT CONSTITUTES WHAT
SHOOT SYSTEM
STEMS ORIGINATE FROM THE ____ ANG PARTLY FROM THE ____ OF THE EMBRYO
EPICOTYL
HYPOCOTYL
CLASSIFICATION OF STEMS BASED ON TOUGHNESS
HERBACEOUS AND WOODY STEMS
CLASSIFICATION OF STEMS BASED ON TOUGHNESS FOUND IN BOTH MONOCOT AND DICOT PLANTS
HERBACEOUS STEMS
CLASSIFICATION OF STEMS FOUND ONLY IN DICOT PLANTS
WOODY STEMS
STEMS THAT ARE ONLY WOODY AT THE BASE IS CALLED
SUFFRUTESCENT STEMS
STEMS EXTERNAL STRUCTURE
NODES
INTERNODES
LEAF SCAR
BUNDLE SCAR
LENTICELS
BUDS
SWOLLEN AREAS WHERE LEAVES BRANCHES AND BUDS ARISE
Nodes
PORTION BETWEEN TWO NODES
INTERNODES