Annika's journal entry
One of the Burdock’s adaptations is that its phyllaries are hooked, so when an animal passes by, it catches on their fur and the seed follows the animal until it falls off of them. This is for seed dispersal, so that the Burdock can grow everywhere.
Height is an adaptation that applies to all my observations, and all plants in general. In order to receive enough sunlight and not be covered by other plants, they had to grow taller.
For my phylogeny placement, I chose the sugar maple tree (acer saccharum). It is in the genus acer (maple trees). The genus acer is in the family Sapindaceae (flowering plants), and that is in the order Sapindales, known as the soapberry family.
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