A widespread adaptation between all trees are stems, which is one of the main two structural axes of vascular plants, and support leaves, fruits, flowers, and transport fluids between roots and upper structures in trees. Moreover, stems store nutrients and produce new living tissues.
One unique adaptation of pine trees is that pine trees can survive the winter because of their pine needles. Their pine needles, with their small surface, reduce water loss through transpiration. Moreover, they have a waxy coating that protects themselves from drying wind, and the dark color of the needles helps the pine trees absorb the warmth from the sun.
phylogenetic tree:
Eastern white pine -> Pine-> Pinaceae-> Acrogymnospermae-> Seed plants-> Euphyllophyta-> Vascular Plants-> Land Plants-> Streptophyta-> Green Plants-> Plants-> Plants, Aveolates, Brown algae and more-> Diphoda-> Eukaryotes-> Archea and Eykaryotes-> All life
Phylogeny placement:
plantae, tracheophytes, eudicots, rosids, sapindales, sapindaceae, acer, acer palmatum
One adaptation that all observed species in your group project have in
common: all of the species we have identified have barks, which is an adaptation seen in all trees. Barks developed in vascular plants (including trees) to protect the tree and retain water.
One unique adaptation for the Japanese maple: the fruit (seed) of the Japanese maple is a wing shaped samara, which is light and able to travel far away with the wind. This lets the species to be germinated in a variety of places.
Common adaptation of all observed species: All of them grow taller than surface vegetation, which help them absorb energy from the sun.
Adaptation: Hypotrophic lenticles. Production of lenticles, during flooding periods, on the tree's trunk. These lenticles help eliminating toxins produced by the plant when it is depending of its anaerobic metabolism to perform some of its activities.
(n.d.). Retrieved September 25, 2020, from http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2012/ruda_chel/adaptation.htm
Phylogenetic tree:
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