PPT-Forbs and Woody Plants 25 Major Rangeland Plants

By Karen Launchbaugh Forbs amp Woody Plant FORBS       Desert Merigold Perennial Native Leafy Spurge Perennial Introduced amp Noxious Tailcup Lupine Perennial Native Tall Larkspur.
             
    
      By: Alexys Hanes, Samantha Webster. Bryce Doyle, Nicole Spillane. Introduction . It is the year 2032 and you live in the Grasslands. Let’s just say that the grasslands have just changed for the worst in the past 20 years. After a population boom, the population has decreased traumatically. Your natural resources have been severely depleted.. October 20, 2015. Elizabeth . Vierling. Distinguished Professor . Biochemistry & Molecular Biology. UMass Amherst. What I want to communicate. What is my bias?. What are the major “transgenic crops” (“GMOs”) today?. Importance of Plants. Oxygen. Food/feed. Medicine. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iEOTB1UjjQ. . Absorb Carbon Dioxide. Decoration (Aesthetic) . PLANT LIFE CYCLES. Plant Life Cycle. Annual. Goes from seed to producing seed in one growing season. Plant Taxonomy- is the grouping of plants based on their presumed relationship.. Nomenclature is the application of names to plants.. Common Names are easy to pronounce and remember, but they can be confusing because of different areas use different names.. Please Do Now: 1) . What is the difference between the sapwood and the heartwood?. 2) What does the phloem do for plants?. Agenda. Do Now. Quickly Finish Tree Rings. Introduction to Reproduction. Experimental Design Mondays. Chapter 12. Kinds of plants. Plants are the basis of the food chain for all living things.. Botany – the science of the study of plants. Over 280,000 species of plants. .. Angiosperms. Angiosperm is a plant with enclosed seeds.. ~ Grasses, Shrubs, and Forbs. Based on the most limiting nutrients on rangelands in the western U.S.. Energy – . Structural carbohydrates (e.g. cellulose). Sugars & Starch. fats (to a limited degree, but important for birds and rodents).. (largest continuous rainforest in Amazon basin). Greatest biodiversity. Abundant habitats and niches. Canopy:. Emergents. : highest trees (150 - 200 ft tall). no branches at low levels . Buttresses. Umbrella-shaped canopy. Nonvascular plants. have no vessels, no roots, no stems or leaves. Examples: Mosses & Liverworts. Vascular Tissue. Xylem: transports water. Phloem: transports food & nutrients. Gymnosperms. "naked seeds". Ms. Gripshover. Landscaping. Unit 16. Our Objectives. Identify the different methods of harvesting plant materials used by the nursery. trade.. Prepare . for planting trees, shrubs, and ground covers.. Seed Plants. Recall that seedless plants were either nonvascular or vascular… either way they did . NOT. produce seeds. Seeds can be found . everywhere. …acorns, dandelion seeds, kernels of corn, even peanuts!. Forbs Major Rangeland Plant Flashcards By Karen Launchbaugh Desert Marigold Perennial Native Page from North American Wildland Plants by Stubbendieck , Hatch and Landholt Utah Valley College Herbarium UPLAND. RIPARIAN. UPLAND. RIPARIAN. Higher elevations in the watershed. . Less water availability (think about the topographic maps). Plants with either deep roots to access ground water or grass with shallow roots that quickly absorb rainfall .