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ADVENTURE PROGRAM Self-guided Activity PLANT KINGDOM Reading Garden Tags accession number scientific name plant family native range barcode Each plant in the Garden’s plant collection is labeled with a metal tag that has the accession number, name, family, native range, and a barcode. Accession tags allow botanic gardens to keep track of important data about their plant collections. Discover the Diversity of the Plant Kingdom: A. Angiosperms B. Gymnosperms C. Ferns D. Mosses There are two main groups of plants: Vascular: Plants with conductive tissue Nonvascular: Plants without conductive A. Angiosperms (flowering plants): tissue Monocots, Dicots B. Gymnosperms (seeds in cones): Conifers, Cycads, Gingko, Gnetophytes C. Seedless Plants: D. Mosses Ferns Questions to ASK yourself when you look at plants: 1) Does the plant have flowers? 2) Does the plant have seeds and/or fruit? 3) Does the plant have spores on the underside of the leaves? 4) Do you think the plant has vascular tissue? Why or why not? 5) What is the shape and position of the leaves? KEY Vascular Nonvascular A. Angiosperms (flowering plants) A. Angiosperms (flowering plants) FACTS: B. Gymnosperms (seeds in cones) • This group is the largest, most diverse, and most economically C. Ferns D. Mosses important plant group. Did you know… • Angiosperm means “enclosed in a vessel or case”. Most of the food we eat comes from angiosperms. Can you identify the • The seed is enclosed by a fruit (vessel = fruit). plant(s) in these angiosperm-fortified foods? Write the answers on your • Flowers are the reproductive structure for ALL angiosperms. worksheets: When the flowers are pollinated, they produce seeds. Apple pie Pickles • Follow the diagram below to see how the flower’s ovary Pizza Dough becomes the fruit and how the flower’s ovule(s) become the Bread Hummus seed(s). Spaghetti sauce Tortilla chips Peanut butter start worksheet KEY A. Angiosperms (flowering plants) Vascular Nonvascular A. Angiosperms (flowering plants) Angiosperms are split into two groups: B. Gymnosperms (seeds in cones) Monocotyledons and Dicotyledons C. Ferns D. Mosses Monocots Dicots one cotyledon two cotyledons (seed leaf) (seed leaves) parallel veins netted veins scattered vascular vascular bundles bundles in a ring cross section of monocot cross section of dicot stem stem under a microscope under a microscope KEY Vascular Nonvascular A1. Discover Dicots: FLOWERS A. Angiosperms (flowering plants) 1 1) Find a flowering plant in this area. B. Gymnosperms (seeds in cones) (Optional: look for a flowering plant in C. Ferns D. Mosses the butterfly garden.) 2) Write the scientific name of the flower you identified on your worksheet. Examine the flower and ID all the parts. Draw the flower you found and label all the parts you can identify. **Reminder- Do not write on the booklet! Write all your answers on the worksheet!** Sample flower structure Challenge ? What is the difference between a carpel and a stamen? KEY A2. Discover Dicots: STEMS Vascular Nonvascular A. Angiosperms (flowering plants) Plot 46 B. Gymnosperms Find the angiosperms in this area. (seeds in cones) 2 Touch the bark on each of these trees C. Ferns D. Mosses and describe it on your worksheet. Did you know……. 3) Eucalyptus deglupta, Rainbow Eucalyptus These three trees are all in the plant family Myrtaceae. The bark texture and color of E. deglupta is…….. Members of this family all produce aromatic oils often used for medicines or herbal treatments. 4) Eugenia confusa The leaves also have tiny hairs and dots –called pellucid The bark texture and color of E. confusa is…….. dots. The pellucid dots are an area of the leaf that secretes chemical substances, such as oils. Look at the leaves through your hand lens- can you see 5) Myrcianthes fragrans the hairs or dots? The bark texture and color of M. fragrans is…….. Look at your map to find where to go next KEY A3. Discover Dicots: FRUIT Vascular Nonvascular A. Angiosperms (flowering plants) Plot 47 B. Gymnosperms 3 (seeds in cones) Find the angiosperms in this area. C. Ferns D. Mosses 5) Ficus racemosa, Cluster Fig Where are the flowers or fruits on this tree located? Did you know……. Can you find them? Ficus trees produce figs, edible fruits that are enjoyed by many Circle the part of the tree where the flowers and fruits animals and insects. come from on your worksheet. The fig is a special type of fruit Leaves Stem Roots called a synconium which is a small, bulbous structure with an opening at one end. Figs have separate male and female flowers. Look at the The male and female flowers pictures and label the parts of the flower on your line the inside of the worksheet. synconium. Each species of fig has its own wasp pollinator that climbs through the small opening to pollinate the flowers. The flowers are actually microscopic! male female flower flower Synconium (fruit) KEY A4. Discover Dicots: LEAVES Vascular Nonvascular A. Angiosperms (flowering plants) Plot 37 B. Gymnosperms 4 Find the angiosperms in this area. (seeds in cones) C. Ferns D. Mosses 1) Guaiacum sanctum, Lignum Vitae The leaves of this tree are compound and opposite. Use your vocabulary list to find out what that means and draw the leaves on your worksheet. Look at the node (the connection between the leaf and the branch) with your hand lens. Lignum Vitae tree Can you see a small bud? Draw one of the leaves from this tree on your worksheet. Look around for a simple leaf, draw this leaf type, and Lignum Vitae flowers record the plant name on your worksheet. Lignum Vitae fruit KEY A. Discover Monocots Vascular Nonvascular A. Angiosperms (flowering plants) Plot 136-138 B. Gymnosperms 5 There are monocots everywhere you look in this plot. (seeds in cones) Try to find these plants: C. Ferns D. Mosses Tradescantia pallida, Purple Queen Did you know……. The Bismark Palm is native to Madagascar. Bismarckia nobilis, Bismarck Palm The trunk of this palm is enclosed by old leaf bases; when the leaves die and fall off, they leave their base behind. Aechmea blanchetiana, Bromeliad The base cracks as the stem ! Careful – Bromeliad leaves may be sharp! expands, creating the V-shapes you see. Stenotaphrum secundatum, St. Augustine grass, Look down at your feet! Restrooms This is a good time to take a break because the restrooms are close by. Look at your map for their location. KEY A5. Discover Monocots: FLOWERS Vascular Nonvascular A. Angiosperms (flowering plants) Plot 136-138 B. Gymnosperms Look for the flowers of these species. (seeds in cones) 5 Use your hand lens! C. Ferns D. Mosses Monocots usually have floral parts in 3’s, meaning they have 3, 6, or 9 petals, stamens, Did you know……. and styles. Pineapples are closely related to these bromeliads. Write the answer to the following questions on your worksheet. A pineapple is formed when each of the tiny flowers are pollinated and becomes a fruit. Count the petals in Purple Queen flowers. Then all the small fruits fuse together to form one large Count the petals in the Bismark Palm flowers. pineapple. What color are the petals? What color are the Bromeliads are also called tank stamens? plants because their leaves form small tanks that hold water, and **The Bismark Palms may not be flowering. often a small community of insects and amphibians! KEY Vascular Nonvascular A5. Discover Monocots: LEAVES A. Angiosperms (flowering plants) Plot 136-138 B. Gymnosperms 5 Look for the leaves on these species. (seeds in cones) Use your hand lens! C. Ferns D. Mosses Look at and draw the leaves of these four species. On your worksheet, draw the type of venation (vein pattern) you see on all three of these leaves. How are all the leaves of these four species alike? KEY B6. Gymnosperms (seeds in cones) Vascular Nonvascular A. Angiosperms (flowering plants) FACTS: B. Gymnosperms (seeds in cones) • This group includes woody trees and shrubs that produce cones. C. Ferns D. Mosses • Gymnosperm means “naked seed”. Unlike the angiosperms, gymnosperm seeds are not enclosed in a vessel (remember the vessel Did you know……. is the fruit). The seeds are exposed on the scales of female cones. Gymnosperms would win in • These plants are often monoecious – meaning that they have male plant Olympics; Redwoods, the tallest trees, and Bristlecone and female cones on the same tree. pines, the oldest trees, are both • The male cones produce pollen and the female cones produce gymnosperms. the seeds. How tall does a tree have to be to win? The tallest Redwood is 378 feet! Seed Scale How old? The oldest Bristlecone pine recorded was 4900 years old! Female cone with seeds KEY B6. Discover Gymnosperms Vascular Nonvascular A. Angiosperms (seeds in cones) (flowering plants) B. Gymnosperms (seeds in cones) Plot 124-136-138 C. Ferns D. Mosses 6 Find these gymnosperms: 1) Zamia integrifolia, Coontie Did you know……. The coontie is the host plant for 2) Encephalartos hildebrandtii Eumaeus atala, the Atala butterfly. 3) Dioon edule Do you think cycads are more closely related Habitat destruction lead to a decline in the coontie to pine trees or palm trees? Why? population and because of their food source decline, the Atala population fell nearly to extinction. But this story has a happy ending! The coontie has become a popular landscape plant, providing a food source; thus, the Atala butterfly has come back to feed and is now Sample cycad structure commonly seen. KEY B6. Discover Gymnosperms Vascular Nonvascular A. Angiosperms (flowering plants) (seeds in cones) B. Gymnosperms (seeds in cones) Plot 136-138 • Cycads are more closely related to pine trees! C. Ferns D. Mosses • Remember, gymnosperms and angiosperms are separated because Did you know…….
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