Annual
A plant that completes its life cycle in one year or season. |
Arboretum
A landscaped space where trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants are
cultivated for scientific study, educational purposes, and to foster
appreciation of plants. |
Axil
The area between a leaf and the stem from which the leaf arises. |
Bract
A leaf-like structure that grows below a flower or cluster of flowers
that is often colorful. Colored bracts attract pollinators
and are often mistaken for petals. Poinsettia and flowering
dogwood are examples of plants with prominent bracts. |
Cold Hardy
Capable of withstanding cold weather conditions. |
Conifers
Plants that predate true flowering plants in evolution; conifers
lack true flowers and produce seperate male and female strobili
or cones. Some conifers, such as yews, have fruits enclosed
in a fleshy aril. |
Cultivar
A cultivated variety of a plant selected for some feature that distinguishes
it from the species from which it was selected. |
Deciduous
Having leaves that fall off or are shed seasonally to avoid adverse
weather conditions such as cold or drought. |
Herbaceous
Having little or no woody tissue. Most plants grown as perennials
or annuals are herbaceous. |
Hybrid
A plant or group of plants that results from the interbreeding of
two distinct cultivars, varieties, species, or genera. |
Inflorescence
A floral axis that contains many individual flowers in a specific
arrangement; also a flower cluster. |
Native Plant
A plant that lives or grows naturally in a particular region without
direct or indirect human intervention. |
Panicle
A pyramidal, loosely branched flower cluster; a panicle is a type
of inflorescence. |
Parts of a Flower
| 1 - filament |
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| 2 - anther |
| 3 - stigma |
| 4 - style |
| 5 - petal |
| 6 - ovary |
| 7 - sepal |
| 8 - pedicel |
| 9 - stamen |
| 10 - pistil |
| 11 - perianth |
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Perennial
Persisting for several years, usually dying back to a perennial
crown during the winter and initiating new growth each spring.
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Shrub
A low-growing woody plant, usually under 15 feet that often has
multiple stems and may have a suckering growth habit. |
Taxonomy
The study of the general principles of scientific classification,
especially the orderly classification of plants and animals according
to their presumed natural relationships. |
Tree
A woody perennial plant having a single, usually elongated main
stem or trunk with few or no branches on its lower part. |
Wildflower
A herbaceous plant that is native to a given area and is representative
of unselected forms of its species. |
Woody Plant
A plant with persistent woody parts that do not die back in adverse
conditions. Most woody plants are trees or shrubs. |
