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Plant and seeds descriptions
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Plant Sciences
Undergraduate 3
10/11/2011

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barely
Definition
bare, no hairs, tiny oracles
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wheat
Definition
tiny oracles, hairs on the oracle
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oats
Definition
light hairs on stem, gtows straight up, leaves wrap around stem, oracles in colar region
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rye
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more hairy stem then oats, leaves wrap around stem like oats
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soybean
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very hair stem, trifoliate arrow shaped leaf; can appear to be semi viney
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corn
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wide stem, leaves wrap around to form stem; grows ears of corn, wide leaves, ripples in leaves
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sorgum
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leaves wrap around stem of plant, thinner stem then corn, thinner leaves than corn as well
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pigweed
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stripes on stem of plant, slightly hairy
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lambsquarter
Definition
striped plant, no hairs on stem
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hornettle
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grows low to ground, dark plant, whirl of leaves, very hairy
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horseweed
Definition
yellow like fruits that look like thorns
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johnson grass
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like sorguum and corn for the leaves wrap around to make the stem, grows in different directions
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black nightshade
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black coloring on the underside of the plant
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cotton
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three pronged plant
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peanuts
Definition
lightly hairy on the edges of leaves, hairy stem, 4 leaf groups
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canola
Definition
light green colored leaf, ridged edges
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giant foxtail
Definition
rub ur fingers one way, then rub it the other way on the plant, feels like sandpaper (fingers feel like they get stuck)
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field vine leaf
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arrow shaped leaves, vine, doesnt grow tall
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ivyleaf morning glory
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opens up during the day, a type of vine, 3 pronged leaf, seen in Victorian age fences and old buildings
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velvet leaf
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feels like velevet to the touch
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dent corn seed
Definition
looks like corn kernel
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soybean seed
Definition
a ball shaped seed, looks like black eye pea
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wheat seed
Definition
crease in the middle
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barley seed
Definition
tannish/greyish
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oats seed
Definition
yellowish coloring, covering on it
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rye seed
Definition
more round around the edges, light covering
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corn latin name
Definition
zea mays
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soybean latin name
Definition
glycine max
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wheat
Definition
triticum aestivum
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monocot stem
Definition
scattered vascular bundles
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dicot stem
Definition
circle of vascular bundles
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dicot root
Definition
star shaped
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monocot root
Definition
circle
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corn information
Definition
known as maize through most of the world except for the U.S.
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corn information
Definition
the most domesticated of all field crops
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dent corn used for
Definition
used for animal feed and ethanol production
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flour used for (corn)
Definition
flour market products
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sweet corn used for
Definition
used to be eaten as a vegetable
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popcorn used for
Definition
used for commercial popcorn market
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