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Biology 328
Plants and People
Lab – 1: Vegetables
Overview
 Roster
 Introductions
 Student Info cards
 Syllabus
Background
 Roots
 Stems
 Leaves
Vegetative
parts
Monocot
Dicot
Roots
Fibrous
Fibrous, Tap root,
prop root or
combination thereof
Vascular bundle
(Stem)
Scattered
Radial
Leaf venation
Parallel
Pinnate
Modifications
 Corm (stem)– Short, vertical, and underground.
e.g., Taro
 Rhizome (stem) – Long, horizontal and underground.
e.g., Ginger
 Stolon (stem) – Long, horizontal, aboveground/at
ground level, projects a plant at the end. e.g.,
Strawberry
 Tuber (stem) – Thickened rhizome or stolon. e.g.,
Potato
 Bulb (leaf)- short, vertical and underground. e.g.,
Onion
Today’s Lab
 Laboratory 1: Plant Vegetative Morphology
and Vegetables
Objective
 To familiarize the vegetative morphology of
flowering plants
Summary
Today’s lab, we learned
 Function of root, stem and leaves
 Leaves – Venation and arrangement
 Differences between monocot and dicot
 Modifications of root and stem
 Family, scientific name and origin of vegetables
Next week’s lab – Flowers
 Quiz 1 on Vegetables
 Photo