Ferns and Grasses Glossary

Annual ~ A plant that completes it's life cycle in a single growing season.
Damping off ~ Failure of seedlings or young plants caused by fungus which roots off the stem at the soil line.
Invasive plant ~ A vigorously growing plant that will quickly overwhelm native or slower growing plants.
Native plant ~ A species of plant that grows wild in a geographic region.
Naturalized plant ~ A species of plant that grows wild in a specific geographic region that has been introduced to a new region, that it was not previously native to.
Perennial ~ A plant that lives for more than two growing seasons.
Racemes ~ Long stalked flower stem holding the flowers high above the plant.

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