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lecture exam 1 plant species
lecture exam 1 plant species
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Biology
Undergraduate 4
02/09/2014
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Alnus rubra
 Definition
sensitive to Pfr
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Trillium
 Definition
spring herb
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Erythronium
 Definition
spring herb
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Uvularia sessifolia
 Definition
summer green herb
Term
Aster acuminatus
 Definition
late summer herb
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Oxalis montana
 Definition
semi-evergreen
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Oxalis oregana
 Definition
damaged by sunflecks
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Abies magnifica
 Definition
damaged by sunflecks
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Aeonium arboreum
 Definition
succulent CAM plant
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Welwitschia mirabilis
 Definition
carbon cycling (captures CO2 at night)
Term
Zea mays
 Definition
C4 flowering plant
Term
Saccharum spp.
 Definition
C4 flowering plant
Term
Pueraria montana
 Definition
C4 flowering plant
Term
Diamorpha smalli
 Definition
CAM Crassulaceae
Term
Saguaro
 Definition
CAM cacti
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Cholla
 Definition
CAM cacti
Term
Agave sp.
 Definition
CAM
Term
Tillandsia usneoides
 Definition
epiphyte
Term
Orchids
 Definition
epiphyte
Term
Quercus pagoda
 Definition
phenotypic plasticity
Term
Acer saccharum
 Definition
hydraulic lift
Term
Salicornia virginica
 Definition
small conducing cells
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Larrea
 Definition
small conducing cells
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Sequoiadendron gigantea
 Definition
small conducing cells
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Cakile constricta
 Definition
thick cuticle prevents water loss
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Ceratolia ericoides
 Definition
thick boundary layer
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Magnolia macrophylla
 Definition
thick boundary layer
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Nerium
 Definition
stomatal crypts slows water loss
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Larrea tridentata
 Definition
xerophytes (active in dry soil)
Term
Sorghum
 Definition
osmoregulation
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Spartina alterniflora
 Definition
osmoregulation
Term
Quercus geminata
 Definition
sclerophylls (hard, stiff leaves)
Term
Fouquieria splendens
 Definition
drought deciduous
Term
Washingtonia filifera
 Definition
phreatophyte (oasis plant)
Term
Nymphea odorata
 Definition
aerenchyma (large air spaces in tissue)
"internal wind"
Term
Arisaema triphyllum
 Definition
thermogenic
"spadix and spathe" infloresence
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Symplocarpus foetidus
 Definition
thermogenic
Term
Packera tomentosa
 Definition
paraheliotropism
Term
Borrichia frutescens
 Definition
paraheliotropism
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Lupinus arizonicus
 Definition
paraheliotropism
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Dicoria canescens
 Definition
diaheliotropism
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Helianthus
 Definition
diaheliotropism
Term
Pyrrhopappus carolinianus
 Definition
solar tracking/inflorescence
Term
corn & grasses
 Definition
self-shading
Term
Opuntia compressa
 Definition
spines reflect light (increase albedo)
plant antifreeze
Term
Cholla
 Definition
spines reflect light (increase albedo)
Term
Distichlis spicata
 Definition
salt excretion (increase albedo)
Term
Atriplex
 Definition
salt excretion (increase albedo)
Term
banana leaf
 Definition
tears to decrease boundary layer
Term
Puya
 Definition
trichomes increase boundary layer
Term
Populus spp.
 Definition
moves to shed boundary layer
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Arctic juniper
 Definition
prostrate plant
Term
Carnegiea gigantea
 Definition
gigantothermy
thermal inertia
Term
Stachys byzantia
 Definition
white hairs on hot desert plant (multiple effects: cooling and warming)
Term
Gossypium hirsutum
 Definition
diaheliotropism
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Tipularia discolor
 Definition
orchid...?
Term
Monotropa
 Definition
mycoheterotroph cheater/parasite
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Corallorhizae
 Definition
mycoheterotroph
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Fabaceae
 Definition
root nodules have N-fixing bacteria
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Alnus
 Definition
root nodules have N-fixing bacteria
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Morella cerifera
 Definition
root nodules have N-fixing bacteria
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Rubus sp.
 Definition
root nodules have N-fixing bacteria
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Azolla
 Definition
has symbiotic cyanobacteria, Anabaena
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