Coastal Plant Lab Exam

Borrichia frutescens

Gaillardia pulchella

Solidago sempervirens

Cuscuta spp.

Lycium carolinianum

Sesuvium portulacastrum

Hydrocotyle bonariensis

Rayjacksonia phyllocephala

Ambrosia psilostachya

Oenothera drummondii

Panicum amarum

Batis maritima

Salicornia spp.

Limonium carolinianum

Distichlis spicata

Avicennia germinans

Juncus roemerianus

Monanthochloe littoralis

Spartina spartinae

Typha spp.

Phragmites australis

Iva frutescens

Tamarix gallica

Schoenoplectus robustus

Spartina alterniflora

Spartina patens

Monocot Characteristics

Single embryonic leaf, parallel leaf veins, vascular tissue scattered through stem, adventitious roots, thin stems (no woody tissue)

Dicot Characteristics

2 embryonic leaves, reticulating (branching) leaf veins, vascular tissue arranged in a ring around edge of stem, single large central main root (tap root), contain woody tissue

Class Magnoliopsida

Dicots (Shrubs, Trees, Forbs)

Class Liliopsida

Monocots (Grasses, Sedges, Rushes)

Family Poaceae

Grasses

Family Cyperaceae

Sedges

Family Juncaceae

Rushes

Which type of leaf venation is this?

Parallel

Which type of leaf venation is this?

Pinnate

Which type of leaf venation is this?

Palmate

Which type of leaf attachment is this?

Compound

Which type of leaf attachment is this?

Simple

Which type of stem habit is this?

Spreading

What type of stem habit is this?

Ascending

What type of stem habit is this?

Erect

What family is Iva frutescens in?

Family Asteraceae

What family is Tamarix gallica in?

Family Tamaricaceae

What family is Schoenoplectus robustus in?

Family Cyperaceae

What family is Spartina alterniflora in?

Family Poaceae

What family is Spartina patens in?

Family Poaceae

What family is Juncus roemerianus in?

Family Juncaceae

What family is Monanthochloe littoralis in?

Family Poaceae

What family is Phragmites australis in?

Family Poaceae

What family is Typha spp. in?

Family Typhaceae

What family is Spartina spartinae in?

Family Poaceae

What family is Batis maritima in?

Family Bataceae

What family is Distichlis spicata in?

Family Poaceae

What family is Salicornia spp. in?

Family Chenopodiaceae

What family is Limonium carolinianum in?

Family Plumbaginaceae

What family is Avicennia germinans in?

Family Verbanaceae

What makes a perfect flower?

male and female parts on the same flower

What makes an imperfect flower?