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LEAF
Nature’s Solar Panel
LEAF
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Leaf stalk
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Petiole
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Leaf lacking petiole
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Leaf blade
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Lamina
Appendages at base of petiole
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Sessile
Stipules
Network of veins
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Vascular bundles
ARRANGEMENT
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Alternate
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One leaf per node
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Alternating along stem
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Opposite
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Most common
Two leaves attached to a node
Whorled
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Three or more attached to node
SIMPLE LEAF
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One blade on petiole
COMPOUND LEAF
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Multiple leaflets on petiole
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Pinnately compound
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Leaflets attached to extended petiole
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Rachis
Bipinnately compound
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Multiple rachis
COMPOUND LEAF
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Multiple leaflets on petiole
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Palmately compound
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All leaflets attached to end of petiole
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Palm
VEINS
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Netted vein arrangement
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Parallel vein arrangement
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Dicots (broadleaves)
Monocots (grasses)
Only tree to have fan arrangement
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Ginkgo
PHOTOSYNTHESIS
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Capture light energy
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Building blocks
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Water
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Carbon dioxide
Energy in form of carbohydrates
STOMATA
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Openings on lower surface of leaf
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Stomata
Guard cells open and close
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Regulated by potassium (K)
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Inflated guard cells open
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Deflated guard cells closed
STOMATA
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Gas exchange
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Carbon dioxide in
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Oxygen out
Transpiration
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Water vapor evaporation
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Cooling plant
Anti-Transpirant
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Reduce water loss
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Winter burn
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Christmas trees
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Transporting trees
RESPIRATION
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Consumption of carbohydrates
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Growth
EPIDERMIS
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Outer layer of cells
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Epidermis
Waxy cutin
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Cuticle
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Thicker in the presence of pollutants
or pests
Epidermis on top and bottom of leaf
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Stomata mostly on bottom
MESOPHYLL
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Cells between upper and lower
epidermal layers
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Parenchyma cells with cholorplasts
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Cholorenchyma
MESOPHYLL
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Upper mesophyll
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Palisade mesophyll
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Two rows
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Compacted barrel-shaped
chlorenchyma cells
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Majority of photosynthesis
MESOPHYLL
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Lower mesophyll
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Spongy mesophyll
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Loose arranged
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Abundant air spaces
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Primarily for gas exchange
VEINS
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Vascular bundles
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Xylem
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Phloem
Contained in a thick wall of
parenchyma cells
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Bundle sheath
SPECIALIZED LEAVES
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Shade leaves
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Lower part of tree
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Understory
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Larger
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Thinner
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Less sunlight and heat
SPECIALIZED LEAVES
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Arid leaves
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Thicker
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Fewer stomata
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Reduce transpiration
SPECIALIZED LEAVES
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Tendrils
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Whiplike strands sensitive to contact
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Wrap around object
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Thigmotropism
Climbing vines
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In some cases, tendrils are stems
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Grapevine
SPECIALIZED LEAVES
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Spines
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Cactus spines are modified leaves
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Tree spines are modified stipules
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Short paired spines
Thorns
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Sclerenchyma cells
Modified stems
Prickles
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Outgrowth from stem epidermis
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Rose and raspberries
SPECIALIZED LEAVES
Storage leaves
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Water storage
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Succulents
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Large non-photosynthetic parenchyma cells
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Large vacuoles store water
SPECIALIZED LEAVES
Storage leaves
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Carbohydrate storage
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Onion and other bulbs
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Rapid growth early in season
SPECIALIZED LEAVES
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Reproductive leaves
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Miniature plants on marge of leaf
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Kalanchoe
SPECIALIZED LEAVES
Floral leaves
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Bracts
Colorful modified leaves at base of flowers
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Poinsettia
SPECIALIZED LEAVES
Carnivorous
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Over 200 species
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Bogs
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Nutrient deficient
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Acidic
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Wet
SPECIALIZED LEAVES
Pitcher Plant
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Hollow leaves that often collect water
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Waxy interior with downward pointing hairs
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Difficult to escape
Wetting agents make it difficult to swim
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Digested by enzymes
SPECIALIZED LEAVES
Sundews
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Sticky fluid at the end of each hair follicle
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Digestive enzymes
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Hair bend inward upon contact of insect
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Can distinguish difference between protein
object and inedible debris
SPECIALIZED LEAVES
Venus flytrap
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Native to lower NC and upper SC
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Trigger hairs in foliar trap
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Close on insects instead of debris
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Touched a few times within seconds
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Trap reopens after digestion
SPECIALIZED LEAVES
Bladderwort
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Submerged bladder leaves
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Trigger hairs outside a trap door
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Door opens and water rushes in along with aquatic
insect
AUTUMN COLOR
Chlorophyll in greatest supply
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Breaks down first
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Shorter day length and cooler temperatures
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No longer masks other pigments
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Anthocyanin in vacuole
AUTUMN COLOR
Other pigments can be stored in vacuole
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Anthocyanin
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Red if sap is acidic
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Blue if sap is basic
Betacyanins
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red
ABSCISSION
Process of dropping leaves
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Evergreen plants
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Abscission
Gradually shed leaves
Deciduous plants
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Shed leaves in winter
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