### plant | tracheophyte | herb | grass:

Zoysia grass
* has both stolons and rhizomes
  - definite disadvantages as a lawn grass in Colorado
* turfgrass capable of surviving severe winters, summers and erratic rainfall.

Ground pine
* is bugles
  - club moss
  - considered a mid-seral species
  - rare in northwestern Montana
* native, perennial, evergreen clubmoss.
* occurs in cool, boreal forests.

Hawkweed
* are European transplants
  - herbs
  - winter perennials
* tend to form dense mats that crowd out native vegetation.

Henbane
* are herbs.
* contains mainly scopolamine, especially if it is dried.
* prefers light, well-drained soil in sun.
* reduces mucus secretions, as well as saliva and other digestive juices.

Herbage
* includes cell membranes
  - cells
  - corpi
  - cytoplasm
  - nuclei
  - plasma membranes
  - sections
  - vacuoles
  - vegetables
* provide sustenance.

Leopard plant
* likes fertile, moist soil and bright shade.
* produces yellow flowers in the fall.

### plant | tracheophyte | herb:

Lettuce
* All lettuces are open-pollinated
  - possess a milky juice that flows freely from any wound
* Most lettuce contains cellulose
  - compounds
  - defensive compounds
  - nutrients
* Most lettuce grows in cool weather
  - fields
  - regions
* Most lettuce has color
  - enzymes
  - foliage
* Most lettuce has green foliage
  - leaves
* Most lettuce has growth patterns
  - stages
  - life stages
  - nutrition
  - outer leaves
  - roots
  - shallow roots
  - thick leaves
* Most lettuce produces crisp leaves
  - waste products
  - provides nutrients
* Some lettuce grows in gardens
  - glass
* Some lettuce has black spots
  - makes diet food
* are very poor in overall nutritional value.
* contain phytochemicals such as vitamin C and carotenoids.
* has appearances
  - benefits
  - high water requirements
  - identical appearances
  - taproots
  - taste
  - corpi
* is food
  - leafy vegetables
* is located in grocery stores
  - refrigerators
  - salad
  - supermarkets
  - made of water
  - part of salad
  - salad green
* predominate, along with kale, onions, and various herbs.
  - vitamins
* require fertile soil, high in organic matter.

### plant | tracheophyte | herb | lettuce:

Iceberg lettuce
* Most iceberg lettuce contains nutrients.
* can also be direct seeded like any other lettuce.
* contains folate and other nutrients
* cool weather crop that requires a long growing season.
* grows in small, dense heads.
* has a large, firm head with a crisp texture and a white or creamy yellow interior.
* is lettuce
  - one of the great horrors of modern life
* is the least nutritious member of the lettuce family
  - most popular lettuce in the United States

Romaine
* have a strong flavor and are extremely nutritious.
* often tolerate stressful weather better than other types of lettuce.

Romaine lettuce
* develops long heads of leaves with heavy midribs.
* is crisp and juicy, with a sweetness unmatched by other lettuce types.
  - and chicken is chicken
  - popular in markets and has become one of the favorite lettuces for salads
  - spoiled when it turns to liquid

### plant | tracheophyte | herb | lettuce:

Sea lettuce
* Most sea lettuce has life stages
* goes through two reproductive phases.
* good indicator of pollution.
* grows in both high and low intertidal zones and marshes throughout the year
  - thin, green sheets with wavy, ruffled edges
  - rapidly in early spring and dies off in the summer
* has benefits
  - chlorophyll, so it uses photosynthesis as it's food
  - high rates of photosynthesis and reproduction
  - two life stages that are isomorphic, meaning they have the same form
* is green algae
  - very easy to keep, tolerating a wide range of lighting and temperature conditions
* loves nitrogen but nitrogen pollutant in high doses.
* requires relatively high levels of nitrogen, therefore it can tolerate some pollution.
* type of algae that grows in thin, green, wavy-edged sheets.