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Scientific name: _________________(use the dichotomous key and find out the name of your plant) Common names: A) Spanish_____________________________________________ B) English ______________________________________________ (use the books and write some of the common names in Spanish and English for this plant) Description: This plant is: -a tree -a shrub -a herb (underline the correct name) The leaf: (Draw the leaf) The root: (Draw the root) Function of the leaf is:___________ Function of the root is:________________ The flower is… -isolated -in inflorescence (underline the correct name)

Number of petals: _________ colour: ________ Number of sepals: _________ colour: ________ Number of stamens: _______ Number of styles: _______ If it has fruit, draw it:

Function of the flower is:___________ Function of the fruit is:___________

draw it:

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According to your description of this plant… ( underline the correct answer) - Is it a weed? Yes No - Is it a moss? Yes No - Is it a fern? Yes No - Do you think it belongs to Class Angiosperm? Yes No Why? _________________________________________________________ - Do you think it belongs to Class Gimnosperm? Yes No Why? _________________________________________________________ - Do you think it belongs to Monocotyledones? Yes No Why? _________________________________________________________ - Do you think it belongs to Dicotyledones? Yes No Why? _________________________________________________________ Look for information on the Internet about this plant, its uses, properties, curiosities, etc and write them down here: ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________

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CLAVE DICOTÓMICA - DICHOTOMOUS KEY A dichotomous key is a tool that allows you to look for the name of any species. Keys consist of a series of choices that lead the user to the correct name of a given item. "Dichotomous" means "divided into two parts". Therefore, dichotomous keys always give two choices in each step → Plant that looks like a tree, or a shrub. ………………………………………………………………. α →Non woody plant that looks like an herb………. .…………………………………….……………. β. α Leaves much more longer than wide, unisexual flowers without petals or sepals, only with stamens , grouped in cones……………………………….… Pinus halepensis α Short leaves in round shape……………………………………….……………. Quercus ilex β Flowers with four petals and four stamens. Long and narrow fruits………Sinapis alba β Flowers with petals and stamens in different number of four. ……………………………..Ω Ω Leaf divided in three leaflets ……………………………………………………………………….∑ Ω Leaf undivided or in other shape……….…………………………………………………….¥ ∑ Big flowers, at the end of long stems …………………..Oxalis pes-caprae ∑ Little flowers, in groups of four or five. Hairy fruits with spiral shape ……………………………………………………………………..………….Medicago sativa

¥ Simple leave (with an undivided blade), without petiole………….…….. Anagallis arvensis

¥ Leaves with petiole, with lobate margin……. ……………………………………….. Erodium cicutarium