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Plant Classification Lab: Students will read the plant description cards and apply them to the correct place on the classification chart. WS accompanies Lab Lab & ppt. by Robin D. Seamon

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Plant Classification Lab:Students will read the plant description cards and apply them to the correct place on the classification chart.

WS accompanies Lab

Lab & ppt. by Robin D. Seamon

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Plant Classification Lab:MATERIALS: Plant classification cards, Lab WS, Classification Chart

DIRECTIONS:

1. Read aloud the plant description cards found at each center. Read the cards fully in your group.

2. Decide where your organism belongs in the Classification Chart. Write its name in the correct place on your worksheet.

3. Then complete the WS box for each organism. NOTE: You should have 20 boxes filled by the end of the lab.

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PLANTS

Nonvascular Vascular

Mosses

NOT A PLANT:(Fungi/Bacteria)lichen

mushrooms

SEEDSNO-SEEDS

Angiosperms

Gymnosperms

Monocots

Dicots

Conifers

Cycads

NO-SEEDSFerns

Horsetails

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Plant name:________________Classification: ______________Circle one

Description: __________________________________________

NO flowerflowering

NO seedseed

Not vascularvascular

NOT a plantplant

Plant name:________________Classification: ______________Circle one

Description: __________________________________________

NO flowerflowering

NO seedseed

Not vascularvascular

NOT a plantplant

Plant name:________________Classification: ______________Circle one

Description: __________________________________________

NO flowerflowering

NO seedseed

Not vascularvascular

NOT a plantplant

Plant name:________________Classification: ______________Circle one

Description: __________________________________________

NO flowerflowering

NO seedseed

Not vascularvascular

NOT a plantplant

Plant name:________________Classification: ______________Circle one

Description: __________________________________________

NO flowerflowering

NO seedseed

Not vascularvascular

NOT a plantplant

Plant name:________________Classification: ______________Circle one

Description: __________________________________________

NO flowerflowering

NO seedseed

Not vascularvascular

NOT a plantplant

Plant name:________________Classification: ______________Circle one

Description: __________________________________________

NO flowerflowering

NO seedseed

Not vascularvascular

NOT a plantplant

Plant name:________________Classification: ______________Circle one

Description: __________________________________________

NO flowerflowering

NO seedseed

Not vascularvascular

NOT a plantplant

Plant name:________________Classification: ______________Circle one

Description: __________________________________________

NO flowerflowering

NO seedseed

Not vascularvascular

NOT a plantplant

Plant name:________________Classification: ______________Circle one

Description: __________________________________________

NO flowerflowering

NO seedseed

Not vascularvascular

NOT a plantplant

Plant name:________________Classification: ______________Circle one

Description: __________________________________________

NO flowerflowering

NO seedseed

Not vascularvascular

NOT a plantplant

Plant name:________________Classification: ______________Circle one

Description: __________________________________________

NO flowerflowering

NO seedseed

Not vascularvascular

NOT a plantplant

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Plant Classification Lab

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Plant name: Brachythecium *****

Description: light green, low-growing perennial, no vascular system, spore producing

Light: prefers shade

Soil: damp, fertile soil

Water: These plants prefer damp places. A fine mist of rain or from a spray bottle will keep this plant happy.

Habitat: deciduous and conifer forests, esp. higher elevations

How to grow: keep moist and in the shade. Be careful not to trample this fragile plant. This Plant reproduces through spores, therefore humidity and moisture are important.

Plant name: Reindeer *****

Description: white or gray, low-growing perennial, no vascular system, spore producing

Light: prefers shade. The more light this type of lichen receives the lighter its color

Soil: damp, fertile soil

Water: lichen & mosses prefer damp places. This lichen when not watered will turn dry and brittle but it is not dead. Moisture will revive it and turn it spongy again.

Habitat: deciduous and conifer forests, esp. higher elevations

How to grow: keep moist and in the shade; be careful not to press or trample the reindeer moss especially when brittle.

Resource: http://teresasplants.com/livereindeermoss-gallonbag-2.aspx

http://teresasplants.com/25piecesmallpillowmoss-1-1-2.aspx

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Plant name: Cedar Bark ****

Description: green-brown perennial, low-growing, no vascular system, spore-producing

Light: prefers shaded areas

Soil: damp, fertile soil or damp cedar bark

Water: These plants prefer damp places. A fine mist of rain or from a spray bottle will keep this plant happy.

Habitat: deciduous and conifer forests, esp. higher elevations; grows around the branches and trunks of cedar trees

How to grow:. Keep moist and in the shade. It may turn brown as it dries out but it is NOT dead, but dormant. Water will revive it. Be careful not to trample this fragile plant.

Plant name: Fern ****

Description: blue-green to bronze green perennial, no vascular system, low-growing sheet moss, spore-producing

Light: prefers shaded areas

Soil: damp, fertile soil, rocks & stumps

Water:.These plants prefer dampness.

Habitat: deciduous and conifer forests

How to grow: this is a fast growing plant that spreads, often used in orchid cultivation; keep moist; used as tender ground cover

RESOURCE: http://teresasplants.com/livemoss.aspxRESOURCE: http://teresasplants.com/delicate-fern-moss.aspx

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Plant name: Haircap ****

Description: 6 inch tall, green perennial

Light: shade to part shade

Soil: damp, sandy soil, well-drained medium

Water: damp, but well drained

Habitat: deciduous and conifer forests

How to grow: these plants prefer shady, places and prefer to be damp. Growing medium should be well-drained; can even be grown on wet stones/gravel; reproduces through spores

Plant name: Mood ****

Description: light green, low-growing perennial

Light: shade, very low light

Soil: damp, fertile soil

Water:. Damp, well-drained soil

Habitat: grows deep in deciduous and conifer forests

How to grow: easy growing plant; grows well in a terrarium, keep it moist, reproduces through spores

RESOURCE: http://teresasplants.com/4gallonsofmossyouchoosethemoss.aspx

RESOURCE:: http://teresasplants.com/4gallonsofmossyouchoosethemoss.aspx

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Plant name: Fruitcose & Caldonia ****

Description: nonvascular, fruiticose- rounded reddish species that grows with caldonia-light colored r ‘golf-tee-looking’ organism no vascular system: symbiotic relationship between bacteria & fungus

Light: shade to part shade

Soil: damp bark or soil, decaying wood, stumps, & terrariums

Water: damp sprays of water

Habitat: grows in deciduous and coniferous forests

How to grow:.can take more light, and less water than many in this species, but will need some light and sprays of water when dry, reproduces through spores

Plant name: British Soldier ****

Description: ¼ to 1 inch tall, no vascular system: symbiotic relationship between bacteria & fungus, nonvascular,

Light: shade,

Soil: grows in cooler drier conditions (lots of air flow) decaying wood, soil, mossy logs, tree bases, and stumps, terrariums

Water:. Damp sprays of water

Habitat: grows in deciduous and coniferous forests; breaking down wood material, cycling matter in Nature

How to grow: can grow in terrarium if conditions are kept cool and dry; reproduces through spores

RESOURCE: http://www.monstermarketplace.com/live-plants-and-flowers/cladonia-and-fruiticose-lichens

RESOURCE: http://teresasplants.com/britishsoldierlichens-limitedsupplyaskbeforepurchasing.aspx

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Plant name: Tube ****

Description: 1-2 inches long, light-colored hollow species, nonvascular, reproduce with spores, fruticose: little tree shaped

Light: shade, part shade

Soil: damp bark or soil, decaying wood, twigs, stumps, & terrariums

Water: likes dry conditions, light sprays of water occasionally.

Habitat: grows in deciduous and coniferous forests

How to grow:. can grow in terrarium if conditions are kept cool and dry; reproduces through spores; can go dormant but are not dead- light spray of water will revive them

Plant name: Umbrella ****

Description: green to gray species, nonvascular, reproduce with spores; fruticose: little tree shaped

Light: shade, part shade

Soil: damp bark or soil, decaying wood, twigs, stumps, & terrariums

Water:. Like others of its kind it prefers drier conditions

Habitat: grows in deciduous and coniferous forests

How to grow: will go dormant when too dry, but it is not dead; water will revive it

RESOURCE: http://teresasplants.com/fruiticoselichenmounds-12assorted-1-2-1-1.aspx RESOURCE:

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Plant name: Lemon **** (Candelaria)

Description: leaf-like growth; nonvascular, reproduces with spores foliose: leafy

Light: shade, part shade

Soil: damp wood & bark, stumps

Water: members of this family prefer cooler, drier conditions, light occasional sprays adequate; can stand tough, windy conditions

Habitat: grows in deciduous and coniferous forests

How to grow:. no vascular system: symbiotic relationship between bacteria & fungus; need clean moist air (doesn’t grow well in cities)

Plant name: Sulphur-firedot **** (Caloplaca )

Description: nonvascular, reproduces with spores; crustose: crusty on rocks; orange dots are spore producers for reproduction

Light: shade, part shade

Soil: on damp rock surfaces

Water:. members of this family prefer cooler, drier conditions, light occasional sprays adequate, usually rough, windy conditions & higher elevations

Habitat: grows in deciduous and coniferous forests

How to grow: no vascular system: symbiotic relationship between bacteria & fungus no vascular system: symbiotic relationship between bacteria & fungus; need clean moist air (doesn’t grow well in cities)

RESOURCE: http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/young_naturalists/lichens/index.html http://www.wisconsinmushrooms.com/CandelariaConcolor.html RESOURCE: http://

www.dnr.state.mn.us/young_naturalists/lichens/index.html

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Plant name: Shelf ****

Description: white, shelf-like growth; nonvascular: symbiotic relationship between a fungus and bacteria

Light: shade to part shade

Soil: damp sides of trees/ bark, rotted wood and logs

Water: needs damp area

Habitat: grows in deciduous and conifer forests

How to grow:. Can grow in damp terrariums

Plant name: yellow houseplant **** (Lepiota lutea,

Description: light, yellow colored; nonvascular; reproduces with spores

Light: shade to part shade

Soil: wet, fertile soil

Water:. wet

Habitat: wet, moist soil, often found around the base of houseplants

How to grow: keep moist by misting with water

RESOURCE: http://herbarium.usu.edu/fungi/funfacts/shelffungi.htm

RESOURCE: http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/feb2002.html

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Plant name: Suillus americanus

Description: forms and orange slimy area after a spring rain within the vicinity of an easter white pine; nonvascular; reproduces with spores

Light: shade to part shade

Soil: soil must be fertile and damp

Water: spores grow into **** quickly after a rain in the

Habitat: grows with eastern white pines

How to grow:. Keep moist

Plant name: Morrel ***

Description: a convoluted, ‘brain-looking’ species & is edible! Natives used to eat this in the spring after a rain; nonvascular; reproduces with spores

Light: shade

Soil: fertile, damp soil

Water:. Damp; grows from spores after a rain

Habitat: deciduous or conifer forests

How to grow: keep damp

RESOURCE: http://www.herbarium.iastate.edu/fungi/fungispecies.php?sp=Suillus+americanus+%28Pk.%29+Snell

http://www.mushroomexpert.com/suillus_americanus.html RESOURCE: http://morelsandmore.com/

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Plant name: Christmas ****

Description: perennial, stays green year round, vascular, reproduces with spores; 2-3 foot long fronds

Light: shade, part-shade

Soil: rich, well drained soil

Water: damp; can tolerate some dryness

Habitat: rich woodlands, deciduous & conifer forests

How to grow:. Easy to grow; can tolerate full sun if well watered

Plant name: Maidenhair ****

Description: deciduous perennial, 12-18 inch fronds; thin and wiry stems

Light: shade, part-shade

Soil: rich, well drained soil

Water:. Damp

Habitat: rich woodlands

How to grow: easy to grow; keep its leaves during the growing season; loses them in the cold winters

RESOURCE: http://www.mossacres.com/product_fern_moss2.asp

RESOURCE: http://www.mossacres.com/product_fern_moss2.asp

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Plant name: Ostrich ****

Description: 36-60 inch fronds; vascular, reproduces with spores; grows 3-5 feet tall; spreads quickly

Light: shade to part sun

Soil: damp, fertile soil; moist thickets along rivers and streams

Water: damp conditions

Habitat: decidious & conifer forests zones 3-8

How to grow:.grows tall so it should be a background plant; likes to be near water; keep moist

Plant name: Cinnamon ****

Description: perennial; deciduous (looses leaves in winter); young fiddleheads are white and wooly; ‘cinnamon looking’ frond; spreads slowly; tall

Light: sun or shade (must be moist)

Soil: acid, damp, water-logged soils

Water:.very wet

Habitat: any area that is wet & boggy

How to grow: keep wet & to the back of the perennial garden

RESOURCE:RESOURCE: http://www.mossacres.com/product_fern_moss2.asp

RESOURCE: http://www.mossacres.com/product_fern_moss2.asp

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Plant name: Equisetum

Description: perennial; very old Paleozoic plant; once a tall tree, one genus survives today with 15 species in it; vascular; No seeds; reproduces with spores; hollow stems

Light: sun

Soil: wet sandy to wet clay

Water: wet

Habitat: wet, swampy areas

How to grow:. Grows from deep underground rhyzomes; leaves used as a dye & a silica supplement; used to polish wooden tools by natives

Plant name: wood ****

Description: perennial; very old Paleozoic plant; one genus has surved with 15 species; vascular; No seeds; reproduces with spores; hollow stems

Light: sun

Soil: wet

Water:. wet

Habitat: wet, swampy forests; open woodlands

How to grow: keep wet

RESOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EquisetumRESOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equisetum

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Plant name: Eastern Red Cedar

Description: evergreen vascular tree; can grow up to 80 feet tall; reproduces with male/female cones; one of the first trees to repopulate a cleared area; fast growing; berries in the winter

Light: sun or shade

Soil: tolerant

Water: tolerates wet and dry

Habitat: tolerant of many habitats

How to grow:. Wood is decay-resistant; insects don’t like it; wood has a sweet distinct odor & is used for wood-working

Plant name: Eastern White pine

Description: evergreen vascular tree; can grow up to 150 feet tall; reproduces with male/female cones; fast growing

Light: sun; can tolerate a little shade

Soil: tolerant

Water:. Tolerates wet and dry

Habitat: tolerant of many habitats

How to grow: important ecological tree for wildlife habitat

RESOURCE: http://techtrees.net/shop/product_info.php?cPath=44_29&products_id=154

RESOURCE: http://techtrees.net/shop/product_info.php?cPath=44_39&products_id=121

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Plant name: Fraser Fir

Description: evergreen vascular tree; can grow up to 80 feet tall; reproduces with male/female cones;

Light: sun to shade

Soil: -20 to -30 degrees F

Water: moderate

Habitat: cold boreal conifer forests; mountains

How to grow:.needs cool dry air; grown for Christmas trees

Plant name: Spruce

Description: evergreen vascular tree; can grow up to 200 feet tall; reproduces with male/female cones; slow growth rate

Light: sun to shade

Soil: varies

Water:.tolerant

Habitat: usually cold boreal climates; northernmost North American Tree

How to grow: used for wood & paper in Canada

RESOURCE: http://techtrees.net/shop/product_info.php?cPath=44_29&products_id=154

RESOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picea_glauca

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Plant name: Cycas rumphii

Description: hard, stiff evergreen leaves, seeds, woody trunk, male plants & female plants, slow growing, living up to 1,000 years! A very early plant dating to the Permian Period

Light: sun

Soil: fertile, well-drained soil

Water: drought tolerant

Habitat: tropical, subtropical climates

How to grow: needs hot, humid weather; reproduction: seeds are unfertilized and open to the air for pollination; specific beetles pollinate

Plant name: Zamia

Description: decdiuous shrub, with hard stiff leaves, this family is an living fossil dating back to the Mesozoic period, seeded cones

Light: sun

Soil: fertile, well-drained soil

Water: drought tolerant

Habitat: tropical, subtropical climates

How to grow: seeds are unfertilized and open to the air for pollination; specific beetles pollinate

Resourcehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zamiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycad

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Plant name: Hemlock

Description: evergreen vascular tree; can grow up to 80 feet tall; reproduces with male/female cones;

Light: sun to shade

Soil: cool & moist soils

Water: moist

Habitat: cool, moist locations; mountains; boreal forests

How to grow:. Used for rough construction lumber

Plant name: Sugarcane

Description: seed producing from small flowers; tall perennial grass with a sweet, sugary inside stem; up to 19 feet tall;

Light: sun

Soil: varies

Water:. Grasses tend to need less water; but as a crop, needs water

Habitat: warm, temperate and tropical regions

How to grow: world’s largest crop

RESOURCE: http://www.oplin.org/tree/fact%20pages/hemlock_eastern/hemlock_eastern.html RESOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugarcane

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Plant name: Rice

Description: rice is the seed from tiny flowers of this family; perennial grass; one cotyledon

Light: sun

Soil: wet

Water: wet

Habitat: grows in wet bogs; hot, tropical climate

How to grow:.must grow in a wet, boggy area

Plant name: Bamboo

Description: perennial evergreen grass; produces seeds from small flowers; grows very quickly (growing up to 24 inches in a day!) rhizomes grow just under the ground, spreading this plant quickly; growth cells underground (unlike trees)

Light: sun to shade

Soil: tolerant

Water:.tolerant

Habitat: tolerant

How to grow: used for many wood products; especially valuable in Asia

RESOURCE: http://www.heirloom-organics.com/guide/va/guidetogrowingrice.html

RESOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamboo

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Plant name: Lily

Description: hardy perennial grass with a showy flower that comes in many colors; flowers often last a day but are continuously produced; from 1-4 feet tall

Light: sun to shade

Soil: tolerant

Water: tolerant

Habitat: native species grew in woodlands, but very tolerant of other places now

How to grow:.little care; spreads with rhizomes

Plant name: Iris

Description: hardy perennial plant with showing flowers that comes in many colors; in the grass family; seed has one coltyledon but grows best from rhizomes; grows up to 2 feet tall; blooms in the spring

Light: full sun to part shade

Soil: rich, well drained soil

Water:. tolerant

Habitat: woodlands, but tolerant

How to grow: little care; spreads with rhizomes

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Plant name: Daffodil

Description: hardy perennial bulb in the grass family; showing yellow, white, or orange flowers in the spring

Light: sun to part shade

Soil: fertile, well-drained soil

Water: tolerant

Habitat: tolerant; zones 4-9

How to grow:. Easy to grow; plants multiply from bulbs

Plant name: Geranium

Description: annual to tender perennial; large flowerclusters in red, salmon, pink, white, and bi-colors; seed producing; two cotyledons

Light: full sun to part shade

Soil: rich, moist; well-drained soil

Water:.likes to dry out between waterings

Habitat: tolerant to zone 8; bring indoors for winter otherwise

How to grow: easy to grow and take cuttings

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Plant name: Pansy

Description: hardy biennial; grows from seed; produces colorful flowers; low-growing; two cotyledons; likes cooler weather

Light: full to part sun

Soil: rich, moist, well-drained soil

Water: keep moist

Habitat: can tolerate cold winters

How to grow:.biennial means it will grow through the winter and flower & go to seed the next growing season. After seeding plant will die.

Plant name: Impatien

Description: tender annual; continuous colorful blooms; grows from 8 inches to 2 feet tall

Light:

Soil: rich, moist, well-drained soil

Water:.needs water

Habitat: shady areas

How to grow: easy to grow, little care; keep watered

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Plant name: Cherry Tree

Description: flowering deciduous tree that bears fruit 6-30 feet

Light: sun

Soil: fertile, well-drained soil

Water: keep watered especially during fruiting

Habitat: varies

How to grow:.beautiful trees; all cherries are edible, although the ones grown to eat are generally white-blooming.

Plant name: Peach tree

Description: flowering deciduous tree that bears fruit

Light: sun

Soil: fertile, well-drained soil

Water:.keep watered especially during fruiting

Habitat: will produce fruit through zone 7

How to grow: careful that early frosts don’t kill the early spring blossoms; if the blossoms die the plant will not have fruit

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