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A camellia, by any other name
This photo, takes outside of UNCW’s Morton Hall, features a fully blossomed Sasanqua camellia (Camellia sasanqua). The yellow strands stemming outward from the center are stamens, the male reproductive organs of the flower. As we have discussed in lecture, energy allocation and plant form influence Net Primary Productivity (NPP). Plants like these exhibit growth in the form of a positive feedback loop where an increase in carbon in the plant’s photosynthetic tissue will cause an increase in net carbon gain which will induce more plant growth (Borrett’s Ecosystem Energetics and Organization slides). Furthermore, these plants also participate in nutrient cycling which transfers carbon inorganically from the decomposition and mineralization of nutrients within the plant soil. Did you know that camellias can survive from 100 to 200 years old in the wild? (www.softschools.com/facts/plants/camellia_facts/1452/).
A camellia, by any other name
This photo, takes outside of UNCW’s Morton Hall, features a fully blossomed Sasanqua camellia (Camellia sasanqua). The yellow strands stemming outward from the center are stamens, the male reproductive organs of the flower. As we have discussed in lecture, energy allocation and plant form influence Net Primary Productivity (NPP). Plants like these exhibit growth in the form of a positive feedback loop where an increase in carbon in the plant’s photosynthetic tissue will cause an increase in net carbon gain which will induce more plant growth (Borrett’s Ecosystem Energetics and Organization slides). Furthermore, these plants also participate in nutrient cycling which transfers carbon inorganically from the decomposition and mineralization of nutrients within the plant soil. Did you know that camellias can survive from 100 to 200 years old in the wild? (www.softschools.com/facts/plants/camellia_facts/1452/).