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toggle: #brief-summary-toggle-0'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0980071">http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0980071</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> Of plant duration, a plant whose life span ends within one year after germination, e.g. a winter annual germinating in the autumn and flowering in the spring (esp. in Mediterranean climates), approximately synonymous to therophyte, c.f. biennial, ephemeral, perennial, c.f. also of flowering with respect to architecture, hapaxanthic, monocarpic, pleonanthic.</li> <li><strong>Attribution:</strong> <a href='Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 12, July 2012. Glossary, http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/top/glossarya_h.html#annual'>Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 12, July 2012. Glossary, http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/top/glossarya_h.html#annual</a></li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bot%5D=107&tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=1327&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click; toggle: #brief-summary-toggle-1'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0022142">http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0022142</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> whole plant herbaceous</li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bot%5D=1049&tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=1922&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> <p>EOL has data for <a href="/pages/488085/data">18 attributes</a>, including:</p> </div> <ul class='sample-traits'> <li> <div> <div class='sample-trait-key a'>cellularity</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001992">http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001992</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> An organismal quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting cells. [ PATOC:GVG ]</li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=13171&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> <div> <div class='sample-trait-val a'>multicellular</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001993">http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001993</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> A cellularity quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting of more than one cell. [ PATOC:GVG ]</li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bot%5D=13172&tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=13171&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> </li> <li> <div> <div class='sample-trait-key a'>fruit length</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0001366">http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0001366</a></li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=913&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> <div> <div class='sample-trait-val'>6 mm</div> </div> </li> <li> <div> <div class='sample-trait-key a'>geographic distribution includes</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present">http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.</li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=941&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> <div> <div class='sample-trait-val a'>Massachusetts</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://www.geonames.org/6254926">http://www.geonames.org/6254926</a></li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bot%5D=5583&tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=941&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> </li> <li> <div> <div class='sample-trait-key a'>habitat</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303">http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x</li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=1002&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> <div> <div class='sample-trait-val a'>woodland canopy</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01001240">http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01001240</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> A canopy which is part of a woodland ecosystem.</li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bot%5D=2764&tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=1002&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> </li> <li> <div> <div class='sample-trait-key a'>leaf length</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0001133">http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0001133</a></li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=1301&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> <div> <div class='sample-trait-val'>5 cm</div> </div> </li> <li> <div> <div class='sample-trait-key a'>optimal growth pH</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://eol.org/schema/terms/OptimalGrowthpH">http://eol.org/schema/terms/OptimalGrowthpH</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> The pH of a medium (water column, soil moisture) at which the growth rate of an organism is typically optimized</li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=8215&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> <div> <div class='sample-trait-val'>6.5</div> </div> </li> <li> <div> <div class='sample-trait-key a'>optimal growth temperature</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://eol.org/schema/terms/OptimalGrowthTemperature">http://eol.org/schema/terms/OptimalGrowthTemperature</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> Optimal temperature conditions for cell division</li> <li><strong>Attribution:</strong> <a href='Created by Anne Thessen'>Created by Anne Thessen</a></li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=1773&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> <div> <div class='sample-trait-val'>26 degrees celsius</div> </div> </li> <li> <div> <div class='sample-trait-key a'>plant growth form</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0900032">http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0900032</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> whole plant growth form. eg: herbaceous, tree, liana</li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=1922&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> <div> <div class='sample-trait-val a'>herb</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0022142">http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0022142</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> whole plant herbaceous</li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bot%5D=1049&tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=1922&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> </li> <li> <div> <div class='sample-trait-key a'>produces</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0003000">http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0003000</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> This organism produces this material or substance, either during its life or after death. A produces B if some process that occurs in A has output B.</li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=2011&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> <div> <div class='sample-trait-val a'>oxygen</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_15379">http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_15379</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> molecular oxygen, O2</li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bot%5D=1807&tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=2011&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> </li> <li> <div> <div class='sample-trait-key a'>rooting depth</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/TO_0000519">http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/TO_0000519</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> It is calculated from the deepest soil layer where roots were present and the longest root measured in the layer.</li> <li><strong>Attribution:</strong> <a href='[database_cross_reference: GR:pj] [database_cross_reference: PMID:12582650]'>[database_cross_reference: GR:pj] [database_cross_reference: PMID:12582650]</a></li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=2132&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> <div> <div class='sample-trait-val'>150 cm</div> </div> </li> <li> <div> <div class='sample-trait-key a'>trophic guild</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://eol.org/schema/terms/TrophicGuild">http://eol.org/schema/terms/TrophicGuild</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> A group of species that exploit the same food resources, and/or use the same feeding or foraging methods. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guild_(ecology)</li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=2561&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> <div> <div class='sample-trait-val a'>photoautotroph</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ECOCORE_00000130">http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ECOCORE_00000130</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> An autotroph which is capable of transforming light into chemical energy.</li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bot%5D=1894&tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=2561&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> </li> <li> <div> <div class='sample-trait-key a'>used for</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://eol.org/schema/terms/Uses">http://eol.org/schema/terms/Uses</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> The uses of the organism or products derived from the organism.</li> </ul> <a href="/terms/search_results?tq%5Bf%5D%5B0%5D%5Bp%5D=2655&tq%5Br%5D=record">show all records</a> </div> </div> <div> <div class='sample-trait-val a'>cosmetics</div> <div uk-dropdown='mode: click'> <ul class='desc-meta'> <li><strong>URI:</strong> <a href="http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_64857">http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_64857</a></li> <li><strong>Definition:</strong> The role played by a substance in enhancing the appearance or odour of the human body; 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