Browse the terms alphabetically by clicking on any of the following letters.
A-E F-K L-Q R-S T-Z
Range Plant Terms
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Definition
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Awn
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An extension at the tip of a floret or a glume in some grasses.
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Basal
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At the base of a plant or plant structure. Often refers to the leaf arrangement of a rosette
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Bract
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A modified leaf, reduced in size.
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Bunch Grass
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A grass having the characteristic growth habit of forming a bunch; lacking stolons or rhizomes.
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Clasping
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Referring to the base of the leaves, partially or entirely surrounding the stem.
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cm
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Centimeters.
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Disk Flower
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Small tube-like flower or floret found in the Sunflower family.
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F-K
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Definition
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Floret
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A small flower in the Grass or Sunflower family.
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Forb
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A broad-leafed herbaceous plant.
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Glumes
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A pair of bracts found at the base of spikelet in grasses.
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Grass
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Members of the plant family Poaceae.
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Herbaceous
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Non-woody plant growth.
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Herbivore
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An animal that subsists principally or entirely on plants or plant materials.
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Inflorescence
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Floral arrangement of a plant.
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L-Q
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Definition
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Leaflet
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One section of a compound leaf.
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Lobed
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Refers to an undulating leaf margin. Lobing varies from shallow to deep.
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m
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Meters.
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Mesic
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Characterized by moderately moist conditions; neither dry nor wet.
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Moist
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Slightly wetter than mesic and drier than wet.
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Node
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Place on the stem from where leaves grow. Nodes are separated by internodes.
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Palatability
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The relish with which a particular species or plant part is consumed by an animal.
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Panicle
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A branched inflorescence in which the flowers or spikelets are attached by flower stalks to
branches of the rachis.
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R-S
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Definition
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Rachis
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The central axis of an inflorescence or a compound leaf.
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Ray Flower
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A flower or floret with a flat, strap-shaped petal, found in the Sunflower family.
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Rhizome
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A horizontal underground stem, usually sending out roots and aboveground shoots from the nodes.
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Riparian
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Referring to or relating to areas adjacent of water or influenced by free water associated with
streams or rivers on geologic surfaces occupying the lowest position on a watershed.
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Shrub
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A plant that has persistent, woody stems and a relatively low growth habit, and that generally
produces several basal shoots. It differs from a tree by its low stature
(generally less than 5 meters, or 16 feet).
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Sod
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Vegetation which grows so as to form a mat of soil and vegetation.
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Spikelet
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A unit of the inflorescence in grasses, usually consisting of two outer glumes and one or more florets.
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Stolon
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A horizontal stem which grows along the surface of the soil and roots at the nodes.
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T-Z
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Definition
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Terminal
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At the end of a stem or branch.
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Tiller
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The asexual development of a new plant from a meristematic region of the parent plant.
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Tufted
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In a clump.
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Ungulate
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A hoofed animal, including ruminants but also horses, tapir, elephants, rhinoceroses and swine.
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