| Photo Information |
Copyright: Muhammad Ali Musa (mamcg)
![Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 157 W: 14 N: 42]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-s-s.gif) (2823) |
| Genre: Plants |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2009-08-06 |
| Categories: Flowers |
| Camera: Ricoh R8 |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2009-08-10 2:14 |
| Viewed: 239 |
| Points: 0 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
In botany, a bud is an undeveloped or embryonic shoot and normally occurs in the axil of a leaf or at the tip of the stem. Once formed, a bud may remain for some time in a dormant condition, or it may form a shoot immediately.
The buds of many woody plants, especially in temperate or cold climates, are protected by a covering of modified leaves called scales which tightly enclose the more delicate parts of the bud. Many bud scales are covered by a gummy substance which serves as added protection. When the bud develops, the scales may enlarge somewhat but usually just drop off, leaving on the surface of the growing stem a series of horizontally-elongated scars. By means of these scars one can determine the age of any young branch, since each year's growth ends in the formation of a bud, the formation of which produces an additional group of bud scale scars. Continued growth of the branch causes these scars to be obliterated after a few years so that the total age of older branches cannot be determined by this means. |
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