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Activity No. 2

APPLICATION

List ten (10) plants in your surroundings or backyard. Classify them according to habitat,
growth habit, water requirement, and life span. Refer to terms discussed if needed (one
example is given).

Common/ local name Growth Water

No. Habitat Life Span
of the plant Habit Requirement

1 gumamela terrestrial shrub mesophyte perennial

2 Fiddle-leaf fig Tropical shrub mesophyte perennnial

rainforest
(Ficus lyrata)

3 Swiss cheese plant Tropical shrub mesophyte perennial

(Monstera deliciosa) areas

4 Devil’s backbone dry, arid and shrub mespohyte Perennial

(Kalanchoe semiarid (succulent)
daigremontiana) environments

5 Date palm Subtropical Tree mesophyte perennial

climates area
( phoenix dactylifera)

6 Bunnny ear cactus desert shrub xerophyte perennial

(Opuntia microdasys)

7 Creeping jenny damp grassy twinners Hydrophytes perennial

(Lysimachia nummularia) places

8 Inchplant Moist areas herbs perennial

(Tradescantia zebrina)

9 Snake plant herb perennial

(dracaena trifasciata)

10 Mandacaru cactus xerophyte perennial

(Cereus jamacaru)