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Leaving Certificate Agricultural Science
Plant Practical Revision Sheet
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Teacher:
Ms Stephanie Flannery
Plants
1. Daisy
2. Dandelion
3. Dock
4. Plantain
5. Thistle
6. Ragwort
7. White Clover
8. Red Clover
9. Buttercup
10. Nettle
11. Italian Ryegrass
12. Perennial Ryegrass
13. Timothy
14. Meadow Foxtail
15. Cocksfoot
16. Barley
17. Wheat
18. Oats
19. Chickweed
20. Silverweed
21. Moss
22. Fern
23. Horse tail
24. Cabbage, Brussel sprout,
cauliflower
25. Apple
26. Strawberry
27. Gorse/furze bush
28. Vetch
29. Onion, garlic
30. Bluebell
31. Carrots, parsnip
32. Hogweed
33. Cow parsley
34. Potatoes
35. Tomatoes
36. Sugar beet
Plant families
Gramineae
This is the grass family, and includes
all grass species as well as cereals
such as wheat, oats, barley maize
and rice (and bamboo).
Compositae
This is the largest family of plants
(NB) and includes daisies,
dandelions, thistles, lettuce and
sunflowers. The family is called
Compositae because each flower is
actually a composite of many
“florets”.
Umbelliferae
Members of this family have a
distinctive florescence (collection of
flowers) shaped like an umbrella.
Members of this family include
parsley, dill, celery, carrots and
parsnips, Giant hogweeds and
cow parsnip/parsley.
Plant families
Leguminosae (pea
family/pappilionaceae)
They are characterised by five petals
(One large, two small and two even
smaller “wings”). A common feature
in the family is the presence of root
nodules containing bacteria of the
genus Rhizobium. These bacteria
convert atmospheric N (unusable by
plants), into usable form of nitrate
(NO3-), Important species include
peas, beans, clover, vetch, gorse
bushes.
Cruciferae
This family include wallflowers and
many Brassica vegetables like
Cabbage, Brussels sprouts,
Cauliflower, Turnips, Mustard
plants etc. They are classified by
floral parts, arranged in fours. (4
sepals, petals & stamen). Their
flowers are in the shape of a cross,
hence the name Cruciferae.
Plant families
Liliaceae
This is a monocot family, whose
members include onions, garlic,
lilies, tulips, bluebells and
hyacinths. This family is
characterised be fused petals and
sepals. Their floral parts are in
multiples of three – six sepals, six
petals, six stamen and three carpels.
Rosacae ; Rose Family.
It includes apple, pear, peach,
plum, cherry, apricot, almond,
nectarine, prune, raspberry,
blackberry, dewberry and the
strawberry.They are characterised
by five sepals and petals and
numerous carpels and stamen.
Polygonaceae ; Rhubarb family –
rhubarb, dock and buckwheat.
Raunculaceae The buttercup
family.
Chenopodiceae; sugar beet
Solanaceae ; potatoes, tomatoes,
tobacco and the “deadly
nightshade
Mosses – Bryophyta
The Fern – Pteridophyta
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