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BIO 114 Midterm 2
Plant identification, plant communities
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
02/22/2010

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Morrow Manzanitas
Definition
Arctostaphyls spp.
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Chamise
Definition
Adenostoma fasciculatum
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California Sage Brush
Definition
Artemesia californica
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Locoweed
Definition
Astragalus spp.
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Coyote Bush
Definition
Baccharis pilularis
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Mountain Mohogany
Definition
Cercocarpus betuloides
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Live Forever
Definition
Dudleya spp.
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Chapparral Yucca
Definition
Hesperoyucca arbutifolia
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Sticky Monkey Flower
Definition
Mimulus aurantiacus
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Black Sage
Definition
Salvia mellifera
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California Buckwheat
Definition
Eriogonum fasciculatum
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Lupine
Definition
Lupinus
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Fusia Flower Gooseberry
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Ribes speciosum
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Ramlina spp
Definition
ramlina spp.
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Mugwort
Definition
Artemesia douglasiana
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California Sycamore
Definition
Platanus racemosa
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Poison Oak
Definition
Toxicodendrun diversilobum
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California Bay Laurel
Definition
Ubellularia californica
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Foxtail Barley
Definition
Hordeum murinum
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Italian Ryegrass
Definition
Lolium multiflorum
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Wild Oat
Definition
Avena Spp.
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Soft Toothed Golden Brush
Definition
Hazardia squarosa
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Red Berry
Definition
Rhamnes Crocea
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Coffee Berry
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Rhames californica
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Deer Weed/California Broom
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Lotus scoparious
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What is the name of the first whirl?
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Sepal (Calyx)
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What is the name of the second whirl?
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Corolla
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What is the name of the third whirl?
Definition
Stamens (Androecium)
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What is the name of the fourth whirl?
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Pistil (Gynoecium)
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What does inflorescence mean?
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Cluster of flowers in a specific arrangement (raceme)
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What is a nectar guide?
Definition
Visual cues in a flower that direct pollinators to the source of nectar (to help the plant become pollinated).
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Haploid
Definition
meiosis reduces cells from 2n to n
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Diploid
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mitosis replicates cells to be 2n
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What produces pollen grains?
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Anthers, part of the stamen, connected to the filament
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Describe a drupe
Definition
Fleshy fruit with a stony inner layer surrounding a single seed (usually. Example: Peach, coffee, cherry
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Describe a berry
Definition
Fleshy fruit with no stony layer, but contains one to many seeds. Example: grape, tomato
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Describe a pome
Definition
Fleshy fruit with a cartilaginous core as the true fruit, surrounded by a fleshy accessory layer. Example: apple, pear, quince
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Describe the differences between dehiscent and indehiscent dry fruits
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Dehiscent are dry fruits that open up on their own to shed seeds while indehiscent do not open by themselves.
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Describe a follicle
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A follicle is a dehiscent dry fruit that develops from a single carpel and has seeds in one locule. Example: magnolia and milkweed
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Describe a legume
Definition
Dehiscent dry fruit that develops from asingle carpel with one locule, but splits along both sides of fruit to shed its seeds. Example: green beans
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What is an elater?
Definition
Horsetail spores use them to move around. They are two arm like structures to help with dissemination
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What is the name of the structure that helps open sporangia?
Definition
Annulus, it is shaped like a mohawk
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What is another name for a club moss?
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Lycopod
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What is the name of a cone like structure in club mosses that has leaves and sporangia clustered together in?
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Strobili
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What is a spur shoot?
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Where a needle is attached on a Conifer
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What is an umbo?
Definition
Spine like object on the outer face f the scale
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