Humam Aziz's Journal-- Green Terrestrial Plants

Phylogeny Placement: I chose to look at the Eastern Hemlock. This type of tree can be found from Minnesota to Nova Scotia! It is under 'threatened' conservation status. These trees can grow to be over 100 feet tall, and up to 500 years old. Eastern Hemlocks are part of kingdom Plantae (part of the tracheophyte clade) Division: Pinophyta, Class: Pinopsida, Order: Pinales, Family: Pinaceae, Genus: Tsuga, Species: Tsuga canadensis

Unique adaptation of the Sugar Maple: The leaves of sugar maple trees come with a lot of benefits. The shape of the leaf is very broad. This large surface area allows the tree to collect as much sun as it can-- especially considering that they tend to live in shaded areas. The leaves also serve as a way for the trees to regulate soil pH. The Sugar Maple tree leaves nutrients in its leaves-- when the leaves shed and decompose during the fall, the nutrients replenish the soil and maintain optimum pH for the trees coming growing cycle.

General adaptation of all observations: The adaptive advantage of all of my observations is their green color! The color green comes from the chlorophyll in plant cells. This chlorophyll absorbs light for photosynthesis. The light that gets absorbed the least by chlorophyll is green; hence leaves being green (and turning red as chlorophyll breaks down in the fall) This adaptation-- packing chlorophyll into plant cells-- is vital to efficient and effective photosynthesis.

Posted on September 19, 2021 08:29 PM by humamaziz