The Structure of a Plant

Like the past chapters that I have blogged about everything I still read surprises me. Who would have ever thought that reading about the structure and funcitons of roots, stems, and leaves would be appealing to the brain. Honestly, I have always known how to take care of certain plants and which plants should be planted in what seasons but the first couple of pages in chapter 24 opened my eyes to a whole different world. There is so much going on inside of a plant and like the human body, if everything from the bottom to the top is not funcitioning like it is supposed to be , the plant will die. For instance the root system, consisting of the branch root, root hairs, and primary root. Lets start with the primary root which is where everything starts in the root system. The primary root is cylinder shaped which makes the root able to grow to the appropriate depth and allows water to be absorbed from all sides. The branch roots do as their name and branch off from the primary and the absorbing capacity of the root depends on it since the root hairs grow off of it, it is a vital piece. The root heirs are simple, they grow off of the branch as little hairs, which billions can be produced in a small time frame, and collect water and minerals needed for the plant. Roots also produce hormones which can also determine the size of the stem so it can coordinate with the stem. It is very important that everything grows to the right size so that everything will coordinate with each other. Roots are vital, without the roots where would everything else come from, everything or mostly everything is transported from the roots to the stem and the stem to the leaves. It is a cycle, and the cycle starts with the roots.