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Wild
Tobacc
o Plant
By Joseph
Ferrante
Table of
Contents
1. All About The Plant 2. Habitat
3. Prey & Predators
4. Adaptations
5. Changes In Weather
6. Class
7. Human Behavior
1
All About The
Plant
The wild tobacco plant is a very strong smelling
annual herb. It is tall with lots of branches. The
wild tobacco plant grows to three to six feet and
has a thick stem. This plant is also known as
sacred tobacco. The leaves at the lower end of
the stem are large and has a lot of flowers that
are usually pink. Sometimes flowers blooming
at the top of the plant are yellow. The wild
tobacco plant blooms between July and
September. The nicotine that is in the wild
tobacco plant is very strong and all parts of the
plant are poisonous if eaten.
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Habitat
2
The wild tobacco plant is originally from
Mexico and is now grown all around the
world. The wild tobacco plant needs full
sunlight to grow and can not grow in shade.
Map Of North And South America
3
Prey &
predators
Nicotine is very poisonous to most animals
except the hornworm caterpillar. They are
able to eat the leaves of the tobacco plant.
Then the caterpillar releases an odor into the
air that keeps other insects away from the
tobacco plant.
Hornworm caterpillar eating the wild tobacco plant.
Adaptations 4
The wild tobacco plant
is a tall, strong plant
with a tough stem that
branches out at the
top. The flowers
attract butterflies and
moths that spread the
plants seeds to
reproduce.
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5
Changes
In
Weather
The cycle of the wild tobacco plant is first the
seed germinates, the plant grows, the plant
flowers, the flowers produces fruit, the fruits
releases seeds and then the plant dies.
Cycle of the wild tobacco plant
Class
6
The wild tobacco plant is classified as a plant.
Its scientific name is nicotiana rustica.
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7
Human
Behavio
r
The wild tobacco plant has been
used by humans for thousands of
years. The Native Americans
smoked it and used it for medicine.
They used it to treat headaches,
painful swelling, skin disorders and
even scorpion stings. It can also be
used as a pesticide. The wild
tobacco plant is not used to make
cigarettes that humans smoke today.
Native American smoking a pipe
Bibliograph 8
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Google images
Biological-Diversity-info
Awakening to heel.com
PBS.org
Herbs 2000 .com
Wikipedia .org / wild
Tobacco plant
Wild Tobacco Plant herbs to
herbs Wicipedia.org / nicotiana rustica Plants.usda.gov
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