iNaturalist Journal Norway Maple
Phylogenetic tree
Archaea and Eukaryotes -> specifically Eukaryote -> Diphodas -> Plants, Alge etc. Land Plants -> Seed Plants -> Flower Plants -> Eudicots -> Pentapentalae-> Roisids -> Malvids-> Norway Maple
Species adaptation:
Norway maple trees have become more resistant to air pollution, specifically sulfur dioxide pollution, which allows them to grow in urban settings as well as natural settings.
All plants adaptations:
All of our plants have the ability to survive freezing temperatures either by withstanding it themselves or through their offsprings.
a) There was no specific adaptation that I found could apply to all of our observations. But, a majority of the plants had a similar round shape to their leaves, except for the trees and tumble weeds which are a bit more condensed. The shape of a leaf is important to a plant because it relates to how much sunlight that can be absorbed for photosynthesis. Most of the plants had thin rounded leaves that had a much greater surface area, implying that these plants use sunlight as their main nutrients source. While, the leaves of the other plants were more condensed or fluffy implying that their root system is more important to survival in the habitat instead. For example, one of our observations was a Eastern White pine tree (coniferous) and are able to carry their leaves all year round.
b)A unique adaptation that one observation had (the dandelion) is that after doing some research I learned that "dandelions are self-fertile and are able to clone themselves", in which it is one reason why they are so commonly found in many different areas of vegetation.
c) All life-> Eukaryotes->Plants, alveolars ,brown algae and more (kingdom)->Green Plants->Land plants->Vascular plants->Flowering plants->Eudicots->Ericales->Asterales->Daisy family->Dandelions
(13, Mark Macdonald | February. “About Dandelions.” West Coast Seeds, www.westcoastseeds.com/blogs/garden-wisdom/about-dandelions. http://www.passmyexams.co.uk/GCSE/biology/structure-of-leaf.html)
