### plant | tracheophyte | cattail:

Broadleaf cattail
* is an erect, rhizomatous, semi aquatic or aquatic, perennial herb
  - extremely important to common muskrats
  - highly productive through clonal growth
* prolific producer of minute seeds.

Bulrush
* Cut a bulrush leaf perpendicular to it s long axis.
* are plants that grow in water
  - rushs
  - the tall round-stemmed reeds that look like green fishing rods
* grow as single sprouts several inches apart for each other
  - by the manmade ponds that has been created
* line the mouth of a cave.

Common cattail
* Most common cattails grow in fresh water
  - live in shallow water but narrow leaf cattails live in deep water
* Most common cattails survive in degrade habitats
  - mainly in fresh water, while narrow-leaved cattails range into brackish waters
* make their own food through a process called photosynthesis.

Hybrid cattail
* is distributed throughout southeastern Canada and the eastern United States.
* mostly sterile perennial aquatic herb.

### plant | tracheophyte:

Creeper
* Some creepers feature leaves.
* Some creepers grow in yards
  - on roofs
  - have compounds
* Some creepers have dense growth patterns
  - spread spores
* are among the many rainforest species that change their leaf structure as they grow
  - bands
  - loner-types, content to live in our woodlands by themselves
  - monogamous breeders, and nests are similar in all species
  - vascular plants
* enable people to slide under vehicles to do repair work.
* includes cell membranes
  - cells
  - corpi
  - cytoplasm
  - nuclei
  - plasma membranes
  - sections
  - vacuoles
* need diets.

### plant | tracheophyte | creeper:

Winter creeper
* grows quite rapidly, even in harsh growing conditions.
* is prone to disease by anthracnose, aphids, and powdery mildews.

### plant | tracheophyte:

Crocus
* Most crocuses grow in shades.
* Most crocuses have contractile roots
  - produce flowers
* Some crocuses belong to buttercup families
* Some crocuses grow in climates
  - lawns
* Some crocuses have flowers
  - shape flowers
  - tunics
* are also among the very first flowers of springtime
  - monocotyledons
  - popular as container grown plants
  - among one of the most popular of the early spring bloomers
  - an example of corms
  - great bulbs to use for adding a splash of colour to the garden in winter and spring
  - in bloom
  - irises
  - picky about where they grow
  - resistant to insects and disease
  - small corms, so they dry out faster than large bulbs
  - the first real sign of spring
  - usually yellow, white, mauve or lilac in color
* break out of a thawing earth.
* bulbous plant
* have a bulbous base to their stems called a corm
  - an upside that sometimes has the tip of the shoots showing
  - sections
  - vacuoles
* lives in alpine meadows, rocky mountainsides, scrublands and woodlands.
* look best when they appear natural.
* looks similar to their Spring flowering cousins.
* prefer a gritty or sandy, well-drained soil.
* require the least amount of time and so are among the earliest spring bulbs to bloom.
* stick their delicate flowers through remaining patches of melting snow.
* thrive in sun or partial shade.
* tolerate acid soil but thrive in neutral to slightly alkaline soil
  - low temperature and cold climates
* typically have three stamens.

### plant | tracheophyte | crocus:

Prairie crocus
* Some prairie crocuses belong to buttercup families
* grow best in sandy, well-drained soils in sunny locations.
* grows in northern latitudes more or less all around the world
  - on the prairie and in dry, open woods, often on sandy soils
* seems to be generally limited to unbroken prairie.