what are bromeliads
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Bromeliads Bromeliads are members of a plant family called Bromeliaceae. The family contains over 3000 described species in approximately 56 genera plus thousands of hybrids. The most well known bromeliad is the pineapple. Plants are widely represented in their natural climates across the Americas. They can be found at altitudes from sea level to 4200 meters, from rainforests to deserts. Approximately half the species are epiphytes, some are lithophytes, and some are terrestrial.
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Pineapple: Health Benefits, Risks & Nutrition Facts Spiny on the outside, sweet on the inside, pineapples are one fantastic fruit. Pineapples are members of the bromeliad family, and one of the few bromeliads to produce edible fruit, according to the biology department at Union County College. The fruit is actually made of many individual berries that fuse together around a central core. Each pineapple scale is an individual berry.
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- The name orchid is applied to any plant in the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Over 25,000 species of orchids exist across the world in various habitats, from tropical rainforests to deserts and polar tundra. Bromeliad is a name assigned to any plant in the bromeliad family, Bromeliaceae.
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Seed Plants - Plant Biology Angiosperms—flowering seed plants (covered seed plants). Angiosperms are plants that have seeds encased in a protective covering. That covering is the ovary which is part of the flower structure and distinguishes angiosperms from gymnosperms, the other seed plants.ngiosperms are plants that have seeds encased in a protective covering. That covering is the ovary which is part of the flower structure and distinguishes angiosperms from gymnosperms, the other seed plants.
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Clubmosses: An Ancient and Interesting Group of âFern Alliesâ Fern allies include the horsetails, clubmosses, spikemosses, and quillworts. The common name “clubmoss” is based on the premise that at first glance these plants resemble mosses (mosses are bryophytes and thus, non-vascular plants), and because they often have club-like structures that produce spores. Clubmosses are all perennial evergreen plants with numerous small leaves.
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Pineapple The pineapple (Ananas comosus) is a tropical plant with edible multiple fruit consisting of coalesced berries, also called pineapples, and the most economically significant plant in the Bromeliaceae family.ineapple in the starting stage. The pineapple is a herbaceous perennial, which grows to 1.0 to 1.5 meters (3.3 to 4.9 ft) tall, although sometimes it can be taller. In appearance, the plant itself has a short, stocky stem with tough, waxy leaves.
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How to Care for a Bromeliad 1 If your plant is labeled air bromeliad, epiphytic, or non terrestrial, it grows on other plants instead of in soil. 2  These plants are sold attached to a piece of wood, by themselves, or in a pot containing only dry bark or rocks.
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- 1. the edible, juicy, collective fruit of a tropical bromeliad, Ananas comosus, that develops from a spike or head of flowers and is surmounted by a crown of leaves. 2. the plant itself, having a short stem and rigid, spiny-margined, recurved leaves. 3. a small hand grenade shaped like a pineapple.
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plant taxonomy bi Ferns, horsetails, & club mosses are seedless vascular plants that reproduce by spores. Plants that reproduce by seeds are divided into 2 groups --- gymnosperms & angiosperms. Gymnosperms have naked seeds usually protected by cones & includes pines, cedars, spruce, fir ...
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Chameleon Chameleons or chamaeleons (family Chamaeleonidae) are a distinctive and highly specialized clade of old world lizards with 202 species described as of June 2015. These species come in a range of colours, and many species have the ability to change colours.
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Collecting Bromeliads and Orchids in Florida Variegation in Bromeliads. Variegation is a rather common phenomenon in the plant kingdom, and is found in many plant families. It is especially pronounced in Bromeliaceae. _______________________________________________________.
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Collecting Bromeliads and Orchids in Florida Although there has been much progress in the scientific research on Bromeliads, little is known about the causes of variegation. As a general rule, botanists agree that bromeliads have a rather Mutable Genetic Structure, therefore... several different theories are possible. The first of these links variegation to a virus infection: A. Viruses are common in plants and animals and may cause many harmful and debilitating illnesses.
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Fern Facts Fern is a vascular, seedless plant that belongs to the group Pteridophyta. There are around 12 000 types of ferns that differ in size, morphology and type of habitat.Ferns can be found throughout the world. They live in shady places that provide enough moisture, such as forests, fields, swamps and areas near the streams. Fern can survive in various climates and on different altitudes.ern is a vascular, seedless plant that belongs to the group Pteridophyta. There are around 12 000 types of ferns that differ in size, morphology and type of habitat.
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Fern A fern is a member of a group of approximately 12,000 species of vascular plants that reproduce via spores and have neither seeds nor flowers.They differ from mosses by being vascular (i.e. having water-conducting vessels). They have stems and leaves, like other vascular plants.Most ferns have what are called fiddleheads that expand into fronds, which are each delicately divided.he gametophyte of ferns is a free-living organism, whereas the gametophyte of the gymnosperms and angiosperms is dependent on the sporophyte. Life cycle of a typical fern: 1  A diploid sporophyte phase produces haploid spores by meiosis (a process of cell division which reduces the number of chromosomes by a half).
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biotic factors Epiphytes include ferns, mosses, and cacti. 2.Bromeliads are shaped like a bowl perfect for catching rain and are related to the pineapple. They are home to animals such as frogs, tadpoles, salamanders, beetles, and mosquito larvae. 3.Saprophytes are the rainforests decomposers. Without them the rainforest floor would be washed out.Many of them are very small and can not be seen. Examples are algae, fungi, and linchins.
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Pineapple The pineapple (Ananas comosus) is a tropical plant with edible multiple fruit consisting of coalesced berries, also called pineapples, and the most economically significant plant in the Bromeliaceae family.ineapples may be cultivated from a crown cutting of the fruit, possibly flowering in 20–24 months and fruiting in the following six months. Pineapple does not ripen significantly post-harvest.
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Gymnosperm Coast Douglas-fir cone. Gymnosperms (Gymnospermae) is the name for a group of seed-bearing (and thus vascular) plants whose seeds are formed naked on the scales of a cone of cone-like structure, unlike the angiosperms) whose seeds are formed in an ovule that is enclosed and that develops into a fruit.
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Pteridophytes Pteridophtyes are a phylum of plants. They are the vascular plants (those having xylem and phloem tissues) that reproduce by releasing spores rather than seeds, and they include the highly diverse true ferns and other graceful, primarily forest-dwelling plants.ern leaves used in floral arrangements are a major industry in Florida, and in some cultures tree fern stems are used to make elegant, naturally sculpted bowls. The contrasting colors of the vascular tissue in the stems and leaf bases of these plants create complex and pleasing designs.
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- A fern is a leafy, flowerless plant that grows in areas of high moisture. Ferns are vascular plants, in that they have a complex internal vein structure that supplies nutrients to the outer regions of the plant.erns are different from other vascular plants in that most vascular plants grow directly from seeds, while a fern grows from a spore, through an intermediate stage called a gametophyte. A fern requires certain characteristics in its surroundings to grow.
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Seedless Vascular Plants Seedless vascular plants are plants that contain vascular tissue, but do not produce flowers or seeds. In seedless vascular plants, such as ferns and horsetails, the plants reproduce using haploid, unicellular spores instead of seeds. The spores are very lightweight (unlike many seeds), which allows for their easy dispersion in the wind and for the plants to spread to new habitats.
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Pineapple The pineapple (Ananas comosus) is a tropical plant with an edible multiple fruit consisting of coalesced berries, also called pineapples, and the most economically significant plant in the Bromeliaceae family.
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Plant GroupsClassifying plants according to evolutionary connections Pteridophytes Ferns, Clubmosses, Horsetails. 1  Vascular plants with large stems and roots. 2  Reproduce by making spores rather than seeds. 3  Have an alternation of generations with one producing the other, one is often much smaller, sexual reproduction.  Many species produce swimming sperm.
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Alternaria Alternaria is a genus of ascomycete fungi. Alternaria species are known as major plant pathogens. They are also common allergens in humans, growing indoors and causing hay fever or hypersensitivity reactions that sometimes lead to asthma. They readily cause opportunistic infections in immunocompromised people such as AIDS patients.
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- A fern is a member of a group of approximately 12,000 species of vascular plants that reproduce via spores and have neither seeds nor flowers.They differ from mosses by being vascular (i.e. having water-conducting vessels). They have stems and leaves, like other vascular plants.everal non-fern plants (and even animals) are called ferns and are sometimes confused with true ferns. These include:  1 Asparagus fern—This may apply to one of several species of the monocot genus Asparagus, which are flowering plants.
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- Fern Prothallium. Fern is a common name for the cryptogamous (spore-producing) plants belonging to the division Filicophyta, also called Filicinophyta or Pterophyta, of seedless vascular plants. They are primitive vascular plants with true roots, stems, and complex leaves.
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Vascular plant Vascular plants include the clubmosses, horsetails, ferns, gymnosperms (including conifers) and angiosperms (flowering plants).Scientific names for the group include Tracheophyta and Tracheobionta. Vascular plants have vascular tissues which distribute resources through the plant. 2  This feature allows vascular plants to evolve to a larger size than non-vascular plants, which lack these specialized conducting tissues and are therefore restricted to relatively small sizes.