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SCALELIKE [1 record]

Record 1 2006-11-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Plant Biology
  • Silviculture
CONT

For perennial woody species such as maple trees, the sequence is different [from that in herbaceous annual plants]. Primordia form in the summer months inside resting buds protected by small scale-like leaves. The primordia then remain dormant until the following spring, when they burst forth in a profusion of new leaves.

PHR

Scalelike leaf.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Biologie végétale
  • Sylviculture
DEF

En forme d'écaille.

PHR

Feuille squamiforme.

Spanish

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