Adaptations
By using these adaptations this plant has a longer survival rate then it did without the adaptations. By fruiting, the tree occupies different organisms, obtaining nutrients from its fruit and also obtaining their nutrients. The tree does not grow smaller than 3m and taller than 8m so it is able to survive in the environment that surrounds it.
Structural Adaptations
- The Cherry Ballart is either a large shrub or a small tree
- It is 3-8m tall
- The trunk is pale wood
- White flowers bloom, on 3-6 mm long spikes, in clusters. One flower on each spike will form a fruit which is inedible
- After the fruit turns from a hard, green nut to a red fruit (like a cherry) and is then edible, and does not have a hard stone inside
- It is 3-8m tall
- The trunk is pale wood
- White flowers bloom, on 3-6 mm long spikes, in clusters. One flower on each spike will form a fruit which is inedible
- After the fruit turns from a hard, green nut to a red fruit (like a cherry) and is then edible, and does not have a hard stone inside
Physiological Adpatations
- During the early stages of development are 'hemiparasitic' (obtains nutrients from other trees) on the roots of trees around it (especially Eucalyptus)
- When the trees leaves have gotten smaller, they are green and have drooping stems, this means that the tree is going through photosynthesis
- The trees fruit turns from a hard green nut to a red cherry
- When the trees leaves have gotten smaller, they are green and have drooping stems, this means that the tree is going through photosynthesis
- The trees fruit turns from a hard green nut to a red cherry
Behavioural Adaptations
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