Tree twigs, buds, and bark Flashcards
Shoot
-non woody, hasnt hardened off yet.
-Typically the present years growth
Twig surface
-Glabrous (smooth)
-Pubescent (hairy)
-Glaucus (whitish coating, film)
Polished or dull
Terminal bud
-Bud formed at the tip of the twig
Lateral or Axillary bud
-Solitary bud located below the leaf scar on the side of the twig
Pseudoterminal bud
When a lateral bud takes the position of the terminal bud
Pith
-Continuous
-Diaphramed
-Chambered
Lenticil
-A gas exchange piece
-Through the bark
Lenticil
-A gas exchange piece
-Through the bark
Armament
-Spines, thorns, prickles
Inner bark
Secondary phloem
-living
-sugar transportation
Bark texture
-Ridges, vertical crests divided by intervenig
furrows
-Furrows, verticle grooves separated by a narrow ridge
-Fissures, regular cracks, vertical or horizontal
Bark texture
-Smooth
-Plates
-shedding
-mottled
-winged
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