Plant Physiology (Biology 327)  - Dr. Stephen G. Saupe;  College of St. Benedict/ St. John's University;  Biology Department; Collegeville, MN  56321; (320) 363 - 2782; (320) 363 - 3202, fax;    ssaupe@csbsju.edu

Concept Mapping III: The Importance of Exploiting the Environment &
Positioning in the Plant Way of Life

Introduction:  In the previous exercises (Concept Map I; Concept Map II), we began to create a concept map to the ideas in the Plant Way of Life notes. Now, we want to continue to fill-in some details, specifically focusing on how plants exploit their environment and how plants position themselves. Continue your concept map to include the terms listed below.  Feel free to add additional items. 

• architectural design
• etiolation
• heterophylly
• indeterminate growth
• leaf mosaic
• mechanical design
• nyctinasty
• phototropism
• plants are dendritic
• plants are not a static shape
• plants are not limited by size
• plants can �forage� for food
• plants grow by addition of units, not enlargement
• plants have well-developed modes of asexual reproduction
• plants must be able to fine tune their position
• plants must be able to grow in the right place
• plants must orient their axis (gravitropism)
• plants optimize their s/v ratio
• skototropism
• solar tracking
• thigmomorphogenesis

Last updated:  01/07/2009     � Copyright  by SG Saupe