Lab 2 Journal Entry!
The plant that caught my attention when conducting this lab was the NightShade, more specifically the solanum forex! This plant is located off the large branch of solanales, a ‘phylogenic family’ which are know as flowering plants. I was surprised to have found NightShades in this particular region of the phylogenic tree as they did not have any flowers when I took the picture, so I am now exited to revisit Mont Royal when the plant blossoms! If you continue down this branch, NightShades are situated in a small line of similar species, branching off of graniticola solanums. I believe that Granicola is the common flower that every diverging plant has in common, however their other characteristics differ from one another. One unique adaptation of theses specific NightShades is their bright red fruit. I assume these fruits are a mechanism of seed dispersal, since the flower itself (NightShade) wants to reproduce and the fruit will bear and protect the developing seeds. When the plant embryo is fertilized the development of the seed begins, and the fruit often grows around it as a ‘shield’! Lastly, all my plants had the common adaptation of green leaves, which contain the important component of chlorophyl molecules, essential to photosyntheses!
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