Energy
synthesize their own food
Autotroph
Takes nutrients from root to plant
Xylem
Prevents water loss/waxy coating
Cuticle
Yellow, disperses seeds in wind. Also edible
Dandelion
Distributes helicopters and has red bark on the inside.
Red Maple
consumers that obtain energy and carbon by feeding on other organisms or organic matter
heterotroph
Takes products from leaves to plant
Pholem
Holes that produce oxygen(pores) , closes at night opens at day.
Stomata
Sticky like Velcro, disperse by sticking to animals.
Stickweed
People mostly use this as decoration outside their house.
Crab Apple
Both benefit
mutualism
Outer layer of tree
Bark
Top layer
Epidermis
Has tiny little pouches, also white flowers
Shepherd's purse
Produces green balls and has thorns, inside of the bark is orange.
Osage Orange
an organism that creates its own food, often through photosynthesis
producer
The layer in the bark (adds growth)
Cambium
Closes stomata
Guard Cells
Soft leaves
Lamb's ear
Star leaves, spike balls
Sweet Gum
One benefits but doesn't harm the other
commensalism
Center (white)
Pith
Major part of leaf
Blade
Produces milk like substance
Milkweed
Only native evergreen
Eastern Red Cedar