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Lesson 41

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Honeysuckle

Honeysuckle is a climbing plant, common in hedgerows, on shrubs, and woodlands, where it twines itself around other shrubs and trees. trumpet-shaped flowers appear from June to August and clusters of red berries ripen in the autumn. It includes 158 species native in the northern hemisphere in North America, Eurasia, and North Africa. Its growth rate is about 40-60cm a year. Some species of honeysuckle are the yellow honeysuckle, the Japanese honeysuckle, the coral honeysuckle, the winter honeysuckle, and many more. Bush honeysuckles are large, upright, spreading shrubs reaching up to 15–20 feet in height, with flowers that change from white to yellow, small red berries, and simple leaves that turn green much earlier than surrounding native vegetation. Most honeysuckles grow well in part shade, but they flower better in full sun conditions with six or more hours of direct sunlight a day. 

The classification is: 

  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • Order: Dipsacales
  • Subclass: Asteridae

Lesson 32

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Classify Five Plants

Knock Out Rose

The Knock Out roses are woody shrubs in the rose family (Rosaceae). They are patented, hybrid roses bred to have a long bloom season and be particularly resistant to blackspot, a disease common to most roses. Its class is the magnoliopsida class.

Bearded Iris

Bearded Iris are divided into six groups defined by their height and bloom period: Miniature Dwarf Bearded, Standard Dwarf Bearded, Intermediate Bearded, Miniature Tall Bearded, Border Bearded, Tall Bearded. They grow up to 20 cm in height. Their class is the LiliopSida-Monocotyledon class.

Pine Tree

A pine tree is any conifer tree or shrub in the genus Pinus of the family Pinaceae. Pinus is the sole genus in the subfamily Pinoideae. The class of the Pine tree is a conifer. 

Hosta

Hostas are widely cultivated as shade-tolerant foliage plants. The genus is currently placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae, and is native to northeast Asia (China, Japan, Korea, and the Russian Far East). Like many “lilioid monocots”, the genus was once classified in the Liliaceae. Its class is the Liliopsida – Monocotyledons.

Blackberry Bush
Blackberry, usually a prickly fruit-bearing bush of the genus Rubus of the rose family (Rosaceae) known for its dark edible fruits. The order being Rosales and the class being Magnoliopsida.