What portion of Rhode Island is forested?
60 percent
Which tree is in the Ginkoacceae family?
Ginko biloba
Drop their leaves in the fall
Deciduous
Flowering plants with seeds in a ovary
Angiosperms
Cone bearing trees (do not lose leaves)
Gymnosperms
First leaf/leaves developed by the embryo of a seed
Cotyledon
Have only one cotyledon
Monocots
Have 2 or more cotyledons. Branched leaf veins 4-6 flower parts
Dicots
What types of leaves do Dicots have
Needles, scales, broad
One leaf at each node
Alternate
Leaves mirror each other
Opposite
A single leaf blade
Simple
Several distinct leaflets joined to a single stem
Compound
Leaves radiate from a single point
Palmately compound
Leaflets are attached to a common axis (ranchis)
Pinnately compound
Edge of a leaf
Margins
Types of edges
Smooth, toothed, untoothed
Untoothed or entire
Smooth
Saw like edge (round, blunt, or pointed)
Toothed
May be lobed or wavy
Untoothed