Lab 2 Journal Entry

One adaption a single one of my observations has that the rest of your observations do not:
Linaria vulgaris have a particular reproductive adaptation where their seedlings can produce daughter shoots only 3 weeks after the cotyledon is produced. This is to ensure that when the ground is between 5-10 degrees Celsius, it has the chance to reproduce to start producing a root system that will sustain them when the ideal blooming period occurs in mid-summer.

One adaptation all of my observations share:
All my plants have a blooming period of mid/late summer to late fall, hence their bloomed state in the pictures. This means that they have adapted to the climate if they were not native to the area, and if they were it shows that they are adapting to the hotter and longer summers due to climate change to survive those periods of time to stay in full bloom. Another adaptation would be that all flowering plants have long spreading roots because they are quite thin so in order to obtain nutrients from the ground, length is to their advantage.

Phylogenetic tree location of one of your observations using OneZoom:
The Asclepias incarnata (swamp milkweed) is closely related to the poison milkweed where it has the same common ancestor with 3 other species. All of them related to 103 species with a common ancestor, all milkweeds.

Posted on September 18, 2021 06:49 PM by amy_choi