Native Plants
Our state flower
California Poppy
Responsible for making a plant grow tall
Stem
Roots
Part of the plant that makes food
Leaves
This kind of sage is named after a feathered pollinator
Hummingbird sage
Sunflower seeds
A tree trunk is this kind of stem
Woody
A usually orange type of root we can eat
Carrot
Grass
These trees are very common in the Ojai Valley, and there are many schools that use this tree in their name
Oak tree
Seeds are a defining characteristic of this type of plant-based food
Fruit
If you count the inside of rings of a tree, it will tell you:
How old the tree is
Roots __________ a plant into the ground
Anchor
Leaves give off this into the air during photosynthesis and it helps us breathe
Oxygen
Bush named after a wild dog that is found all over Ojai and grows very easily
Coyote Brush
This is inside every seed.
A new, developing plant
This type of underground stem can be an onion or a beautiful flower, but does not give off light...
Bulb
Taken in from the soil through the roots to help the plant grow
minerals and nutrients
When leaves fall in the autumn and plants die off, this called a plant going into a _______________ period
Dormant
These kinds of plants need very little water to survive
Cactuses; Succulents; Drought-tolerant
What the inside of the stem is designed to do
Transport substances around the plant
One big root that reaches downward in the dirt
Taproot
How many different types of dicot leaves are there and name them (they share similar names to types of sentences we write)
2; simple and compound