Stems
Grafting
Wood
Define these terms
Diagrams
100
The parts of the stem that allow it to grow new flowers or leaves
What is a bud?
100
A piece of a stem or root that can grow a new plant
What is a cutting?
100
The outer section of a woody stem
What is bark?
100
Sapwood
What is the light colored, functioning xylem part of the wood?
100
Type of branching
What is Spreading Branching?
200
Protects the Buds from injury or from drying out in the winter
What are bud scales?
200
The process of transplanting living tissue from one plant to another
What is grafting?
200
The vascular tissue that is part of the bark
What is the phloem?
200
Vascular Rays
transport structures that radiate outward from the center of the trunk that send food, water, and waste products between the center and edges of the tree
200
number 4
What is the Internode?
300
These show where leaves have grown previously
What are leaf scars?
300
The branch that will be grafted in is called this
What is a scion?
300
Biopolymers that strengthen the cell walls of plants, could possibly become an energy source in the future
What is Lignin?
300
Softwood
Conifer Trees
300
Number 1
What is the terminal bud?
400
Openings in the bark that allow air to enter the stem
What are lenticels?
400
In Romans 11, Paul speaks of the scion and the stock being these two groups of people
Who are the Jews and the Gentiles?
400
Hardwood trees are also called this
What are broadleaf trees?
400
Vascular Cambium
The layer between the bark and the wood that forms new phloem cells
400
H
What is a bud scale scar?
500
The buds on the sides of the stem are also specifically called this
What are lateral buds?
500
The tree that receives the new stem
What is the stock?
500
The center of a woody stem
What is the pith?
500
Cork
As the woody plant ages, the epidermis turns to this stronger protective tissue
500
E
What is a leaf scar?