Rhizome: Difference between revisions

From PlantFacts
Jump to navigation Jump to search
No edit summary
No edit summary
Line 4: Line 4:
2. an underground, horizontal [[stem]].<br>
2. an underground, horizontal [[stem]].<br>
3. horizontal underground [[stem]].<br><br>
3. horizontal underground [[stem]].<br><br>
http://hcs.osu.edu/albums/SK_Notes/rhizome.sized.jpg<br><br>
http://hcs.osu.edu/albums/SK_Notes/rhizomes.sized.jpg<br><br>
http://hcs.osu.edu/images/cd0237/202/cd0237-38.jpeg<br><br>
http://hcs.osu.edu/images/cd0237/202/cd0237-38.jpeg<br><br>
http://hcs.osu.edu/images/cd0237/202/cd0237-99.jpeg<br><br>
http://hcs.osu.edu/images/cd0237/202/cd0237-99.jpeg<br><br>

Revision as of 12:19, 10 October 2006


1. an underground stem that (unlike a root) may have nodes, buds, and primitive leaves, and may give rise to new plantlets.
2. an underground, horizontal stem.
3. horizontal underground stem.

rhizomes.sized.jpg

cd0237-38.jpeg

cd0237-99.jpeg

rhizome.gif

Note the rhizome structure of a turfgrass plant.
Source: http://www.turf.uiuc.edu/NCR-192/turf_midwest/turfgrass_plant.htm