| A | B |
| Gymnosperm | have seeds that do not produce flowers |
| Annual | A plant with a one year life cycle |
| Angiosperm | Plants whose seeds are produced inside fruites |
| Dicots | Have 2 cotyledons |
| Narrow-leaf | have needle like leeves |
| Broad-leaf | have wide leaf blade |
| Opposite | leaves are arranged on opposite sides of each other |
| Alternate | leaves are not opposite of each other |
| Whorled | three or more leaves are growing from the same point on the stem |
| Woody | stems are hard |
| Herbaceous | soft and succulent |
| Buds | on a plant stem used to identify plants |
| Biennials | complete life cycle in 2 growing seasons |
| Perennials | Live more than 2 years |
| Tender | injured or killed by frost or freezing temperatures |
| Hardy | Able to survive in freezing temperatures |
| Monocots | have 1 cotyledon |
| scientific name | cercis canadensis is an example of |
| leaf venation | arrangement of veins on a leaf |
| parallel leaf venation | when veins on a leaf run side by side from the base of the leaf to the tip of the leaf |
| netted venation | when the veins are arranged similar to the threads of a net |
| Deciduous Plants | Plants that have leaves that live for only one growing season then fall off |
| Evergreen | Plants that keep their leaves for more than one growing season and have living leaves all year long |
| Family | Composed of groups of groups of plantswith similiar characteristics |
| Classes | Can be divided into families |