PLANTS
A guide to the needs, parts, and types
of plants.
What do plants need to grow?
• Air
• Water – not too much!!
• Light
• Food – minerals, fertilizer
• A safe place to grow
What Are the Parts of a Plant?
• 1. Leaves
• 2. Flower
• 3. Fruit
• 4. Stem
• 5. Seed
• 6. Roots
Types of Plants
• Edible • Non-edible
– You can eat it! – Don’t eat these!
– Fruits and vegetables • Examples
are edible plants. – Poison ivy
– Hemlock
– Examples: – Carnations
• Lettuce – Cactus
• Dandelion leaves
• Carrots
• Watermelon
• Even Brussel sprouts!!
More Types of Plants
• Flowering • Non-flowering
– These plants have – These plants do not
colorful flowers to have flowers, only
attract insects for leaves.
pollination. – Examples:
– Examples • ivy
• azalea • fern
• geraniums • philodendron
• tulips
Even More Types of Plants
• Coniferous • Deciduious
– These plants do not – These trees and plants
have flowers, instead shed their leaves in the
they produce cones to autumn.
carry their seeds – They also produce
– They do not lose their flowers which develop
leaves, so they must be the seeds.
tough to last through – Examples:
the winter. • oak trees
– Examples: • maple trees
• Rhodedendron
• evergreen trees
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
NOW YOU ARE A PLANT EXPERT!!