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    1) A bulb is a plant structure that stores food, water, and a flower bud to allow the plant to survive the winter underground. 2) When a bulb is cut open, it contains short stubby roots, compressed stem and scales that store nutrients, and a tiny flower bud in the center. 3) The thick fleshy scales and thin protective tunic covering help store water and nutrients to keep the dormant plant alive until spring when it can emerge from the ground and bloom.

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    1) A bulb is a plant structure that stores food, water, and a flower bud to allow the plant to survive the winter underground. 2) When a bulb is cut open, it contains short stubby roots, compressed stem and scales that store nutrients, and a tiny flower bud in the center. 3) The thick fleshy scales and thin protective tunic covering help store water and nutrients to keep the dormant plant alive until spring when it can emerge from the ground and bloom.

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    1) A bulb is a plant structure that stores food, water, and a flower bud to allow the plant to survive the winter underground. 2) When a bulb is cut open, it contains short stubby roots, compressed stem and scales that store nutrients, and a tiny flower bud in the center. 3) The thick fleshy scales and thin protective tunic covering help store water and nutrients to keep the dormant plant alive until spring when it can emerge from the ground and bloom.

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    Tulip Bulbs: The Inside Story: by Mary Hosier

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    1) A bulb is a plant structure that stores food, water, and a flower bud to allow the plant to survive the winter underground. 2) When a bulb is cut open, it contains short stubby roots, compressed stem and scales that store nutrients, and a tiny flower bud in the center. 3) The thick fleshy scales and thin protective tunic covering help store water and nutrients to keep the dormant plant alive until spring when it can emerge from the ground and bloom.

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    Tulip Bulbs:

    The Inside Story

     2011 Journey North


    http://www.learner.org/jnorth/ by Mary Hosier
    What is a Bulb? Find the Flower Bud
    A bulb is a specialized plant storage Cut open your bulb and look inside. Do
    structure that contains everything the you see the flower bud? This tiny bud
    plant needs to survive winter and grow will grow into the big red flower of the
    in the spring. Red Emperor tulip. Why do you think it
    is found in the center of the bulb?

    1 2
    Thick for a Reason Holding it All Together
    When you cut open your bulb, did The stem looks very short in the
    you notice that it was kind of wet bulb, but it will grow and expand as
    and a little juicy? A bulb's thick, spring arrives. This part of the bulb
    fleshy leaves, called scales store is very important. The compressed
    food and water to keep the bulb basal stem connects the scales,
    alive in cold and dry conditions. flower, and roots. New little bulbs
    will form from this basal stem as the
    tulip grows older.

    3 4
    Wrapped in a Tunic
    Stubby Roots
    The tulip bulb is wrapped in a thin
    Roots emerge from the bottom of the
    papery layer. This covering is called the
    bulb at the beginning of the growing
    tunic. It protects the leaf scales of the
    season. Are the roots on your bulb short
    tulip bulb. What ways do you think the
    and stubby, or have some started to
    tunic might protect the bulb?
    grow?

    5 6
    A Look at Your A Bulb with a Purpose
    Bulb Now you know all the parts of the Your tulip bulbs will sit underground until
    bulb and have learned how their form spring arrives. Its specialized plant parts
    helps the tulip survive. This photograph will protect it. In the spring when it
    helps show what real bulbs look like. starts to grow, the food and water inside
    How is your bulb similar or different will help it emerge and bloom.
    from this picture?

    7 8

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