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Category: Botanical Glossary | Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2014 5:14 am

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Glossary Index: http://www.gardenstew.com/blog/e10953-58-glossary-index.html

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Jerry

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Rabbit Resistant: Plants that are usually not on the rabbits menu of edibles.
Catch 22: what the rabbit eats one year it may not eat the next year.
You will find this word in the Plants edit section under the Wildlife Value category.

Raceme: An arrangement of single stalked flowers along an elongated, unbranched stem. Submitted by Kay

Rainforest: A forest, tropical, semi-tropical or temperate in a high humidy/rainfall area containing dense stands of tall evergreens
You will find this word in the Plants edit section under the leaf shape category.

Rhizome: A swollen energy-storing stem structure, similar to a bulb, that lies horizontally in the soil. Roots emerge from its lower surface and stems emerge from a growing point at or near its tip, as in bearded iris. Submitted by Kay

Rhizosphere: The rhizosphere is the area immediately surrounding the plant root that is effected by root secretions. I suppose seeing is better. To give you an idea as to how narrow the zone is, try gently shake plant roots in water, the area of the rhizosphere is what remains on the roots. The complex interactions in the zone are numerous and important. Fungi, bacteria, protozoa and nematodes inhabit the zone to name a few.
Reference post: http://www.gardenstew.com/about31374.html

Reniform: A leaf whose form suggests a kidney.
You will find this word in the Plants edit section under the leaf shape category.

Rhomboid: A leaf in the shape of a diamond. Examples:Vanhoutte spirea and Betula nigra,
You will find this word in the Plants edit section under the leaf shape category.

Root: A structure of branching usually underground stems radiating out from the axis of a plant devoid of leaves, used for support and the storage and transfer of nutrients.

Rich: Soil with a high amount of nutrients beneficial to plants.
You will find this word in the Plants edit section under the Soil Types category.

Root Cutting: A propigation tenique using a section of root from a woody plant.
You will find this word in the Plants edit section under the Propigation Techniques category.

Rosette: A cluster of leaves, often near the soil radiating out from a stem.
You will find this word in the Plants edit section under the leaf shape category.


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thanhlam wrote on Sun Nov 16, 2014 5:05 pm:

I am researching this issue, thank your article

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Jerry Sullivan wrote on Sun Nov 16, 2014 9:23 pm:

Hi thanhlam, welcome to gardenstew.

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Kay wrote on Tue Nov 18, 2014 3:26 pm:

Raceme- an arrangement of single stalked flowers along an elongated, unbranched stem.

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Kay wrote on Tue Nov 18, 2014 3:29 pm:

Rhizome- a swollen energy-storing stem structure, similar to a bulb, that lies horizontally in the soil. Roots emerge from its lower surface and stems emerge from a growing point at or near its tip, as in bearded iris.

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