Transcript File - Imperial Zoo

IMPERIAL ZOO PLANTS
BY: BOTANIST KATIE GODIGKEIT
LAND PLANTS
BIG BLUESTEM GRASS
• Scientific name: Andropogon gerardii
• Alternate name: Turkey feet, Beard grass
• Description: Big Bluestem grows in little hill shapes, this grass forms three
inch bronze, purple, or green seed heads. They are blue-green in the
summer. They have hairy blades that can grow to twelve inches long and ½
inch wide.
• Characteristics: Grows upright, is a grass, and grows in a grassland
environment. Big Bluestem grass has deep roots.
• Adaption/Habitat: Big Bluestem grows in dense stands that keep other
grasses out of the sun and stop them from growing.
• Uses: Erosion Control.
• Citation: www.blueplanetbiomes.org
• Facts: The deep roots kept the dirt from blowing away. When settlers
plowed the grasses away, there was nothing to keep the dirt in place, so
that’s how the dust bowl disaster in the 1930s began. This grass was used as
food for the American bison.
BIG BLUESTEM
Big Bluestem in mid-July,
which will mean that it is bluegreen.
BUFFALO GRASS
• Scientific: Bouteloua dactyloides
• Description: Buffalo grass is a very hardy grass that grows in
North America prairies.
• Characteristics: Buffalo grass is a warm season, native,
perennial short grass. It grows between 2-5 inches tall and
spreads out between 6-12 feet. It has a round hollow stem
with gray, green curly leaves. The leaves are 1/10 inches wide
and 2 inches long.
• Adaption/Habitat: Buffalo grass grows in prairies in the dry
climate during the summer and can survive a very cold and
windy climate during the winter.
• Uses: Forage, and erosion control.
• Citation: www.blueplanetbiomes.org
BUFFALO GRASS
FORSYTHIA
• Scientific and Common name: Forsythia
• Description: Fast growing, flowering. Forsythia is a shrub that
grows 8-10 inches high. Early blooming yellow flowers.
Medium to dark green leaves in summer.
• Characteristics: Shrub, flowering. They can reach a height of
8-10 feet.
• Adaption/Habitat: Grows in growing zones 5-8. Forsythia is a
deciduous plant that is native to Asian countries. In Iowa they
typically bloom in early to mid April.
• Citation: Arborday.org, www.extension.iastate.edu
FORSYTHIA
CARNATION
• Scientific Name: Dianthus
caryophyllus
• Common Name:
• Carnation
• Description: Carnations
come in many different
colors and sizes. They are
flowers, mostly seen in pink
and red. They can live many
weeks.
• Characteristics: Carnations
grow on bushes, and are a
flower.
• They grow in the sun, and
can survive in water.
• Adaption/Habitat: Native
to the Mediterranean, these
flowers can grow in and out
of water.
• Uses: Landscaping
• Citation: www.ehow.com
CARNATION
RED MAPLE
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Scientific Name: Acer Rubrum
Common Name: Red Maple
Alternate Names: Swamp, Water or Soft Maple.
Characteristics: Green stems turn red in winter, new leaves are redtinged, turning to green. Fall color is deep red or yellow. Flowers are
also red. Fast growing and tolerant of many soils. Grows to 40' to
60', 40' spread. (zones 3-9)
Description: The Red Maple is a tree that grows up to 40-60 inches
high.
Adaptation/Habitat: Red Maple can grow anywhere, though better
in warm climates.
Uses: Landscaping
Citation: Arborday.org
RED MAPLE
MAPLE TREE
• Scientific Name: Acer
• Common Name: Maple Tree
• Description: Maple trees are
deciduous trees, and in the
fall, seeds fall spinning like
helicopters. Maple trees have
clusters of green flowers,
which stand upright, while
most other flowers on trees do
not. The trees are selfpollinating. Maple trees vary
in sizes, sometimes only
growing to the size of 15-20
ft, while others grow up to
70ft or more in height.
• Characteristics: Maple trees
grow upright, and produce
seeds and flowers, which are
green.
• Adaption/Habitat: Maple
trees can grow in the sun, and
are usually found in the North
Temperate Zone.
• Uses: Conservation
• Citation:
www. Aboutmapletrees.com
MAPLE TREE
ELDER TREE
• Scientific Name:
Sambucus nigra
• Common Name: Elder
Tree
• Alternate Names: Black
Elder, Black-Berried
European Elder, Boor
Tree, Bore Tree, Bountry,
Common Elder,
Ellanwood, Ellhorn,
European Elder, German
Elder, Holunder, Pipe Tree
• Description: The Elder
tree is a tree. It’s lifespan
is not very long for plants
of this type. Most Box
Elder trees die before the
age of 100. One form of
the Elder tree grows 3382ft tall.
• Characteristics: The Elder
tree grows upward, for
some species of the tree,
it can produce berries in
the spring.
ELDER TREE CONTINUED…
• Site Selection/ Adaption/Habitat:
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The Elder
tree is found in Asia, Europe, North Africa, and
has been grown in the United States.
• Uses: Conservation
• Citation: www.globalherbalsuplies.
com
ELDER TREE
CAGE PLANTS
CARROTS
• Scientific Name: Daucus carota
• Common Name: Carrot
• Description: The carrot is a biennial plant that grows a rosette of leaves in
the spring and summer. The flowering stem grows to 60-200cm tall with
an umbel of white flowers that can produce a fruit called mericap by
botanists.
• Characteristics: Biennial plant, flowering, produces fruit called mericap.
• Adaption/Habitat: A carrots habitat is limited by weather. While carrots
can be found almost anywhere, it grows best inside temperate zones.
When grown outside of temperate zones, cultivation techniques are
needed in order to make the cooler temperatures.
• Uses: Food
• Citation: www.wikipedia.com, www.day-starfarm.com, bioweb.uwlax.edu
CARROT PICTURES
Wild carrot in it’s natural
habitat.
KALE
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Scientific Name: Brassicaeae, or Brassica oleracea
Common Name: Kale
Alternate Names: Cabbage, borecole
Description: Kale is a green or purple vegetable that is more
wild then domesticated. It is a healthy food, and animals eat it
too. In which the central leaves do not form a head.
• Characteristics: Kale is a form of cabbage with green or purple
leaves. Kale is considered to be a wild vegetable, not
domesticated. Curly leaved (Scots Kale)
• Here are the types of kale: Plain leaved, Rape Kale, Leaf and
spear (a cross between curly leaved and plain leaved Kale),
Cavolo nero.
KALE CONTINUED…
• Adaption/Habitat: Until the
middle ages, Kale was one
of the most common greens
in Europe. Curly leafed
varieties of cabbage already
existed along with flat
leafed varieties on Greece.
These forms were called
Sabellian kale by the
Romans.
• Uses: Food
• Citation:
www.wikipedia.com
AQUATIC PLANTS
MANGROVE SHOOT
• Scientific name: Rhizophora
mangle
• Common Name: Mangrove
Shoot
• Alternate Names: Red
Mangrove, Tongo.
• Description: Mangrove shoots
have distinguishable prop root
systems. The roots suspend it
over the water. A mangrove
can reach 80ft in ideal
conditions, though it’s usually
found at about 20ft. It’s bark is
thick and a dark-grey color.
• Characteristics: Mangrove
shoots reproduce with a
propagule it makes, which is
actually a living tree.
• Adaption/Habitat:
Mangrove shoots are
found in tropical and
subtropical areas, in both
hemispheres. They thrive
in brackish water.
• Uses: Landscaping
• Citation:
www.wikipedia.com
MANGROVE SHOOT
(RED MANGROVE)
TURTLE GRASS
• Scientific Name: Thalassia testudinum
• Common Name: Turtle grass
• Description: Turtle grass is a perennial grass that grows from a long
jointed rhizome. Some are leafless but others bear tufts of linear
leaf blades. The flowers grow on short stalks in the axils of the
leaves and are greenish-white, sometimes a little pink.
• Characteristics: Turtle grass is a perennial grass that grows upward,
and in shallow, calm water.
• Adaption/Habitat: Turtle grass grows in meadows in calm shallow
waters throughout the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.
Sometimes, they can be found in small clusters on muddy sand.
• Uses: Food for Manatees
• Citation: www.wikipedia.com
TURTLE GRASS
This is turtle grass
with sea urchins.
Manatees love to
eat seagrass and
turtle grass.
(Cousins)
YELLOW SUN CORAL
• Scientific Name: Tubastrea
aurea
• Common Name: Yellow Sun
coral
• Alternate Name: Sun polyps
• Description: Sun corals belong
to a group called large-polyp
stony corals, which means
they produce a hard skeleton
instead of reefs.
• Characteristics: All sun corals
are not photosynthetic. Instead,
they are heterotrophic, and
extend long tentacles to catch
zooplankton.
• Adaption/Habitat: Black
coral is usually found in the
deep ocean because they
don’t require sunlight for
nourishment. They live at
sights such as sea-wrecks
instead.
• Uses: Landscaping
• Citation:
www.wikipedia.com
www.reefs2go.com
YELLOW SUN CORAL
ORANGE SUN CORAL
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Scientific Name: Tubastrea aurea
Common Name: Orange Sun Coral
Alternate Name: Sun Polyps
Description: Sun corals belong to a group called
large-polyp stony corals, which means they produce
a hard skeleton instead of reefs.
• Characteristics: All sun corals are not photosynthetic.
Instead, they are heterotrophic, and extend long
tentacles to catch zooplankton.
ORANGE SUN CORAL CONTINUED…
• Adaption/Habitat: : Black coral is usually
found in the deep ocean because they don’t
require sunlight for nourishment. They live at
sights such as sea-wrecks instead.
• Uses: Landscaping
• Citation: www.wikipedia.com
www.Reefs2go.com
ORANGE SUN CORAL
BLACK SUN CORAL
• Scientific Name: Tubastrea
micrantha
• Common Name: Black Sun Coral
• Alternate Name: Sun Polyps
• Description: Black sun coral, and
it’s cousins all produce a hard
skeleton, and do not build reefs.
• Characteristics: All sun corals are
not photosynthetic. Instead, they
are heterotrophic, and extend
long tentacles to catch
zooplankton.
• Adaption/Habitat: Black coral is
usually found in the deep ocean
because they don’t require
sunlight for nourishment. They
live at sights such as sea-wrecks
instead.
• Uses: Landscaping
• Citation: www.wikipedia.com
www.reefs2go.com
BLACK SUN CORAL
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