Across
- 2. The part of large algae that takes the place of roots and anchors it to the ocean floor is the _____.
- 4. The _____ has an attractive reddish wood with an oil that produces a pleasant fragrance.
- 5. The plant with a fruiting body is the _____.
- 7. spruce An attractive tree with frosty needles, often planted as an ornamental. is the _____.
- 9. Tree evergreen but not conifer - monocot - leaves are called fronds
- 10. Tree Good shade trees with especially colorful fall leaves - good source of sugar and syrup
- 11. Single cells that some plants produce instead of seeds are _____.
- 12. _____ were created to live without chlorophyll.
- 14. The only conifers with bundles of needles are the _____.
- 15. Tree chief American source for tannin - cones hang down from the tips of the branches
- 18. Tree grows best near water - long, thin leaves and drooping branches give a mournful appearance to many varieties - poplars belong to this group
- 20. The smallest of all green plants are _____.
- 22. The fungus that converts sugar into alcohol and carbon dioxide is _____.
- 26. pine In the hot, dry climate of the southwestern states the _____ grows.
- 27. The roots of ferns are called _____.
- 28. Tree the trees of one variety are the oldest living things - needles grow in bundles
- 29. Redwood The tallest kind of tree is the _____.
- 30. Tree smooth white papery bark- Indians made wigwams and canoes from the bark
- 31. A plant that lives for two years and then dies is a _____.
- 32. rings The age of a tree can be determined by counting its _____.
- 33. Sequoia The largest of all trees
- 34. Scientists who study trees are called _____.
Down
- 1. The green plants that have no true leaves, stems, or roots are _____.
- 3. A plant that has fronds and produces spores instead of seeds is a _____.
- 4. Growth in tree takes place in the _____ layer immediately under the bark.
- 6. Tree North American trees of this name are members of the cypress family - reddish wood contains a fragrant, moth-repellant oil
- 8. Fungi that feed on living matter are called _____.
- 11. Fungi that feed on dead matter are called _____.
- 13. trees that bear cones instead of flowers are _____.
- 16. The largest algae, often growing to 200ft. long is _____.
- 17. Trees that lose their leaves in the fall are _____.
- 19. Tree especially thick wide-spreading branches - acorns
- 21. A fungus and an algae working together as one plant form a _____.
- 23. A tall plant with a single woody stem is a _____.
- 24. Tree cones fall apart on the tree - needles usually blunt and soft- cones stick straight up from branches -
- 25. Removing a ring of bark from a tree trunk is called _____.
- 28. A plant that does not die after one season of growth but continues to grow and live for many seasons is called a _____.
- 31. Cypress grows in swamps and lagoons of the South - root knees stick out of the water
- 33. Sequoia The largest kind of tree is the _____.