Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Plants - Embryophytes - Tracheophytes - Angiosperms - Monocots - Commelinidae - Graminae, Cyperaceae, Juncaceae

Plants and Plant Life Vol. 9: The Monocotyledons by Michael Allaby
Classifying Flowering Plants by Francine D. Galko
From Cane to Sugar by Jill Braithwaite

Vocabulary Added:
commelinidae:
graminae: grass
cyperaceae: (sedges)
juncaceae: (rushes)

Discussion:
cereals are grasses
famous sedge - papyrus
rushes we know - cattails

Activity:
Add graminae, cyperaceae, juncaceae to the Plant Kingdom Tree
Go outside.  Find examples of the three families studied. Cut the sedge open and compare to the grass.  Bake something with flour.

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