Plants in extreme enviroments and other Ecology

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Across
  1. 2. physiological state in which metabolic activity is reduced to an undetectable level without disappearing altogether
  2. 4. Desert plants have a protective ____ cuticle
  3. 7. Feathery fungi filaments that may grow in close association with plant roots
  4. 9. death of most or all of the cells in an organ or tissue due to disease, injury, or failure of the blood supply.
  5. 12. abnormal reduction or loss of the normal green coloration of leaves of plants, typically caused by iron deficiency in lime-rich soils, or by disease or lack of light.
  6. 14. Nutrients needed in small amounts
  7. 16. plant adapted to growing in saline conditions, as in a salt marsh
  8. 17. Aquatic plants flower ____ water for pollination
  9. 18. Nutrients needed in large amounts
Down
  1. 1. fungus which grows in association with the roots of a plant in a symbiotic or mildly pathogenic relationship.
  2. 3. use of plants and associated soil microbes to reduce the concentrations or toxic effects of contaminants in the environment
  3. 5. Region with variable water, high winds/exposure and high UV exposure
  4. 6. Region that is dry, hot and has longer growing season
  5. 8. ____ roots Emerges first in the process of germination
  6. 10. Desert flowers typically open at ____
  7. 11. Regions with reduced light availablity and challenges with gas exchange and flow tolerance
  8. 13. soil in the vicinity of plant roots in which the chemistry and microbiology is influenced by their growth, respiration, and nutrient exchange.
  9. 15. region that is cold, dry and has a short growing season