The reproduction function

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The reproduction function
BUDDING
Natural Science 2. Secondary Education
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Budding
Bud formation or vegetative reproduction

• Many plants can create new plants through buds,
  which are groups of cells protected by a
  waterproof covering.
• Buds can form in a number of places

Near the surface, tuber-type stems (potatoes, for
example)
Underground, bulb-type stems (onions, for example)
Natural Science 2. Secondary Education
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Budding
Bud formation or vegetative reproduction
On aerial stems (for example, the stolons of a
strawberry plant)
On underground, rhizome-type stems (this happens
in irises)
On the underside of leaves (a feature of bulblet
ferns)
Natural Science 2. Secondary Education