Howe Wu's journal entry (theme: green terrestrial plants)

Phylogeny Placement (OneZoom) The Eastern White Pine is a species of pine native to North America. It is classified as follows: Kingdom: Plantae, Division: Pinophyta, Class: Pinopsida, Order: Pinales, Family: Pinaceae, Genus: Pinus, Species: Pinus strobus

Unique adaptation of the Low Smartweed (Persicaria longiseta): The Low Smartweed has evolved to have flowers which attract insects (eg butterflies) that would lay their eggs on the plants. Once the eggs hatch , the infant insects (eg caterpillars) eat their flowers along with their seeds. Many seed eating water fowl (ducks, sparrows, etc.) also spread their seeds through eating them.

General adaptation of all observations: The adaptive advantage of all the observations having green pigmented leaves is the ability to produce chlorophyll. Chlorophyll is necessary for the sunlight-absorbing energy-producing reaction called photosynthesis which sustains most of the species under the Kingdom Plantae.

Posted on September 19, 2021 07:52 PM by howewu