Types of Plants

There are many was to describe plant types within an ecosystem. For our purposes, we will keep it simple and group plants types by a plant’s form and structure. We give special focus to woody versus herbaceous plants, as well as where the plant is in the vegetative strata. Ideally, in a natural ecosystem, we […]

Life History

Plant science is the study of morphology and physiology, or the plainly visible and less obvious characteristics of plants that allow us to identify them. The life history of a plant is basically the length of time it lives. The two general types of life histories are annuals and perennials.   Annuals Annuals live for a […]

The MSP project is funded by an ESEA, Title II Part B Mathematics and Science Partnership Grant through the Montana Office of Public Instruction. MSP was developed by the Clark Fork Watershed Education Program and faculty from Montana Tech of The University of Montana and Montana State University, with support from other Montana University System Faculty.