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a) Visual Description (size, shape, color)
The Carolina redroot or bloodroot is a monocotyledonous plant genus from the bloodwort family, which has but one species being the Lachnanthes caroliniana. The flowering plant observed grows, at most, 3 feet in height; with flowers exceeding that height by 2 or 3 feet, on occasion. The flowers at the end of the stem grow in approximately 2-to-4-inch clusters. The plant contains a fibrous root and greenish-gray colored leaves surrounding and stemming from the green stem of the flower. Each node along the stem contains one leaf with a linear shape. The Carolina redroot also consists of six yellow, pale tepals that appear generally in the middle or latter half of summer. The blooms are a white color and are shaped in a linear fashion (narrow, parallel). The species also produces a red juice fruit that is in capsule form.

b) Defining Characteristics (that identify it as part of a particular clade)
The Carolina redroot is classified as a vascular plant because it possesses flattened leaves, an upright structure, sword-shaped leaves, a thick base, and thin tips. Some of the organism’s other defining characteristics include its red roots, flattened leaves, tall clusters of flowers, and rhizomes. It is also a member of the clade angiosperm, which means that it is capable of producing a flower and red juice fruit capsules with seeds. It also posses carpels, stamens, and small pollen grains that assist in the reproductive process. Bloodroot flowering plants are hermaphroditic, meaning they possess male and female reproductive organs in order to undergo sexual reproduction. These organisms can either self-pollinate or perform cross pollination. The stamen is the male fertilizing organ of a flower and the stigma is the female reproductive organ that receives pollen in the process of pollination.

c)Habitat
This organism often grows in wet, sandy, and acidic environments or wetland habitats, including hammocks and bogs, that are accustomed to herbaceous perennial plants. The Carolina redroot flourishes in sandy soils and coastal regions from eastern to southern North America. It has also been located in western regions near the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. The park contained scattered groups of Carolina redroots in areas with sandy, moist soils and access to wetter stretches of land.

d) Reference: Atlas of Florida Plants: Lachnanthes caroliana. Citation:
LACHNANTHES CAROLIANA (Lamarck) Dandy, J. Bot. 70: 329. 1932.

URL:
https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=828

This is a fern in the phylum Monilophyta. Ferns usually grow in wet tropic regions; they are seedless vascular plants. The length of the stipe from the base of the plant to the end of the blade measures 61cm. For more information, visit https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jse.12452