Study Set Content:
leaves attached are in pairs
Opposite
leaves that are in whorls(Group of 3 or more)
Whorled
area or the region of the stem where a leaf or leaves are attached
Node
Stem region between nodes
Internode
Flat extended part of a leaf
Blade
A twig by a stalk. A slender stem that supports the blade of the foliage leaf
Petiole
angle between a petiole and a stem
Axil
contains the axil
axillary bud
Located at the tip of each twig. Produces the tissues that make the twig grow larger
Terminal bud
Base of the petiole that are paired
Stipules
Loose aggregation of cells, which penetrate the surface of a woody plant and through which gases are exchanged between the gases in the atmosphere and its tissues
Lenticels
strand of xylem and phloem
trace
trace leave gap filled with parenchyma called
bud gap
what increases the lengths of stems
meristems in tips
the cells produced by meristems usually become the
familiar, erect, aerial shoot system with branches and leaves
other meristems increase?
their girth
apical meristems are what before growing
dormant
in other plants the stem may be?
short and insconspicuous
in ferns or perennial grasses, this develop horizontally
horizontally beneath or at the surface of the ground
tiny embryonic leaves that will develop into mature leaves after the bud scales drop off and growth begins
Leaf primordia
