OLCreate: Part 2: Botanical terminology: Parts of a shoot

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Plant shoots perform many functions: growth, foot and water transportation, reproduction and photosynthesis.

animation showing a small shoot growing into a flower and a bee landing on it

Parts of a shoot numbered and named in key below.

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