25 de septiembre de 2020

Flowering Plant Observations in Montreal

Hello fellow Naturalists!

For our project we chose to observe one of the many beauties of nature, flowers! As a group we have observed a variety of brightly coloured flowers from around the world.

Flowers have a tendency to make me smile, and one that did a particularly good job of doing so was a Mophead Hydrangea that I found. These beautiful flowers scatter the gardens of many of my family members. Seeing this beautiful flower was a sweet reminder of home from almost 4500 kms away. Mop head hydrangeas, known also by its scientific name Hydrangea Macrophylla are a member of the genus Hydrangeas. When looking at a phylogenetic tree our beautiful hydrangea initially gets split off from animals when the Eukaryotic organisms get split into plants and animals. We obviously follow the plants branch leading us first to the group of plants, alveolate, and brown algae, continuing on to land plants --> vascular plants --> seed plants --> flowering plants --> Eudicots --> asterids --> finally leading us to the hydrangea branch.

One common adaptation that all of my flowering plant species have in common was that surrounding the actual flower there was always a large abundance of foliage (leaves) that was a part of the plant. After diving a little closer into this adaptation, I learned that flowers are actually an adaptation of plants instead of the latter! Flowers aid plants in their effort to reproduce using seeds. Insects can also help move pollen around by picking some up after landing in the plants due to their bright pretty colours and beautiful smells.

Another one of my favourite flowering plants that I came across was common lavender. Through research I learned that common lavender has several adaptations that help this plant thrive in dry Mediterranean equivalent climates. The lavender plant possesses grey/light coloured foliage around its main flowers that helps to reflect sunlight aiding the plant in not absorbing extra heat that in turn helps the plant maintain its store of water.

Hope you learned more about these beautiful organisms!

Works Cited
McGuire, Christina Shepherd. "How do Lavender Plants Adapt." eHow.uk], 14 July 2020, www.ehow.co.uk/facts_8717050_do-lavender-plants-adapt.html. Accessed 24 Sept. 2020.
"A Wildflower Adaptation Study." Elementary Science Program, eschools, 2020,www.espsciencetime.org/AWildflowerAdaptationStudy.aspx#:~:text=Plants%20have%20some%20interesting%20adaptations,flowers%20so%20seeds%20will%20form. Accessed 24 Sept. 2020.

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