Plants vs. Gurus...

  

     
     Hello fellow bloggers! The Science Gurus here! Today, we will be talking about plants. The topics we will be talking about were actually our 4th quarter CEOs for our Science class. Well here are the topics we reported on! Starting with the two mischievous guys...  

     Heyy! What's up bloggers? So we will start  today's plant diversity with division Pteridophyta. We reported on this topic together. The Division Pteridophyta, also known as the ferns, is a group made of vascular plants. You know, plants that can deliver water and nutrients to their leaves and parts. One whole leaf is called a frond. The little leaflets on them are called pinnae. It doesn't produce seeds but spores. Their spores are called sori (plural). The sori help ferns make new fern colonies. Some people are allergic to spores. That's why be careful, you might get a sorEYE. AHEHE. Sorry, just a little joke :D This topic was kind of hard to research on since information on it is only a little. Anyways, here is a picture of the fern, Nephrolepis exaltata. It is good for ornamental use:

                                                                                                                        

 

                                                                                         - Fernando and John

     Next, we'll talk about Monocotyledones. It is a group of plants that only has one cotyledon. Cotyledon meaning only one seed leaf. They have roots, stems, and fruits and flowers. Or in short they have a complete system. Some examples are coconut trees, and orchids. Some families are Orchid family, the True Grasses, and the Palm family. But ah, I know its corny but, be careful in the forests cause you might catch a coconut on your head and wake up in the hospital! It was easy to research on this topic and hard at the same time because monocotyledones have topics which have a lot of information on but some don't. This is an orchid. It's so cool. 

 

                                                                                                                   - Ryuu

     The last we'll be talking about is my topic, Division Cycadophyta. Cycadophyta is a division composed of widely distributed Old World evergreen tropical trees having pinnate leaves and columnar stems covered with persistent bases of old leaves. They are dioecious plants that are only grown in the subtropical and tropical parts of the world, and they only have one subgroup: Class Cycadopsida. This topic was kind of hard to research on since cycads have hard information to find on the net. Here is an example of a cycad:

                                                                                                               - Hotaru

HOPE YOU LIKED TODAY'S TALK ON PLANTS. SEE YOU NEXT TIME! :)

Picture References:
1) http://www.cryleaf.com/fs/images/ferns.11.jpg
2) http://www.pinoy-entrepreneur.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/orchid.jpg
3) http://zonedenial.com/Zamia.jp