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EPA Tribal Stormwater WorkshopStormwater Controls for Tribal Lands
Charlotte Ely and Eugenia McNaughtonCharlotte Ely and Eugenia McNaughtonAugust 30, 2011
Definition & Consequences (Charlotte)Tour of native California (Eugenia)
Plants stay putPlants grow (and keep growing)Plants feed themselves
How would you reproduce if couldn’t move?Asexual
Vegetativeh b d l b lb bRhizomes, buds, solons, bulbs, tubers, etc.
ApomixisSexualSexual
PollinationAbiotic (wind)Biotic
Self‐pollination Cross‐pollination
How would you reproduce if couldn’t move?Asexual
Vegetativeh b l b lb bRhizomes, bus, solons, bulbs, tubers, etc.
ApomixisSexualSexual
PollinationAbiotic (wind)Biotic
Self‐pollination Cross‐pollination
How would you defend yourself?Chemical defense
Secondary metabolitesMechanical defense
Internal External External Thigmonastic
Mimicry/camouflageMimicry/camouflageMutualism
How would you defend yourself?Chemical defense
Secondary metabolitesMechanical defense
Internal External External Thigmonastic
Mimicry/camouflageMimicry/camouflageMutualism
How would you defend yourself?Chemical defense
Secondary metabolitesMechanical defense
Internal External External Thigmonastic
Mimicry/camouflageMimicry/camouflageMutualism
How would you defend yourself?Chemical defense
Secondary metabolitesMechanical defense
Internal External External Thigmonastic
Mimicry/camouflageMimicry/camouflageMutualism
What if people had meristems?
What if sunlight powered industry and industry gemitted just sugar and oxygen?
6CO2 + 6H2O C6H12O6 + 6O26CO2 + 6H2O C6H12O6 + 6O2
Plants are The Producers
Plants gave rise to life as know it, and plants sustain life as we know it.