Hannah Ahrendt The contestants Carla Cornstalk Angiosperm Hal Hornwort Bryophyte Marly Moss Bryophyte Paula PineTree Gymnosperm 5 Garth Gingko Gymnosperm 6 Homer Horsetail Pteridophyte ID: 501851
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The Amazing Plant Race
Hannah AhrendtSlide2
The contestants
Carla Cornstalk
Angiosperm!
Hal HornwortBryophyte!Marly MossBryophyte!Paula Pine-TreeGymnosperm!
5. Garth
Gingko
Gymnosperm!
6. Homer
Horsetail
Pteridophyte
!
7. Fern
Pteridophyte
!
8. Lily
Pad
Angiosperm!Slide3
Farmer’s Field, saskatchewan
Lily Pad is eliminated in this round! Lily Pad requires large amounts of water to survive. A farmer’s field does not have the amount of water that is necessary for Lily Pad to live. There are no predators, prey or pollinators that impacted the survival of Lily Pad.Slide4
Peat Bog, scotland
Carla Cornstalk is eliminated! The peat bog has a lot of
water, but unfortunately, this was to Carla’s detriment. Carla
Cornstalk is not able to survive in the large amount of
water and she drowned.Slide5
Xingjiang Semi Desert, china
Hal Hornwort is eliminated
! Unfortunately for Hal, he is a bryophyte, meaning that he does not have vascular tissue or roots.
To survive, he would need to be in an environment with more water. A semi desert simply does not have the water necessary for his survival.Slide6
African savannah … double elimination!!
In this special round, two contestants are eliminated! Both Homer Horsetail and Garth Gingko are eliminated. Homer Horsetail is a
pteridophyte
, meaning that while he
does
have vascular tissue, it is primitive and not present in his hyphae or fronds. As such, Homer dried out and did not survive. Garth, on the other hand, requires better soil and more water. Garth Ginkgo
provided a lot of shade and the other contestants were quick to take advantage of that. They crowded underneath him and took most
of the water and nutrients that Garth would have needed to survive. Poor Garth!Slide7
Amazon rainforest, brazil
Paula Pine tree is eliminated! Paula prefers drier, sandier soil. There are few pine tree varieties that can tolerate wet soils and Paula is not one of them! She is out!Slide8
Honolulu, hawaii
And the winner is… Fern! Fern, despite being a
pteridophyte
, is able to live in many extreme environments. Surviving a desert with primitive vascular tissue and no true roots? Easy as pie!
Marly
Moss lost because all this time,
Marly
was surviving off of Paula Pine-Tree. When Paula was eliminated,
Marly
Moss found that she could not survive. Slide9
Post-race analysis
Yes. I might have chosen a different winner if the locations were reversed because at each time, different plants would be competing. Plants that didn’t make it past the first few rounds (such as lily pad) may have survived in some of the later environments (like Honolulu).
No. I would expect that we would all have different answers. Each one of us went through a different process and took into consideration different characteristics of the plants and environments when deciding who to eliminate.
The rose of Jericho (Selaginella lepidophylla). It is able to survive almost complete desiccation. It curls its stems into a tight ball and only reopens when it comes into contact with moisture. It essentially resurrects itself.