Prepared Microscope Slide Set - Environmental Adaptations of Plants - Set of 18 Slides

Support engaging lessons on plant biology with this prepared microscope slide set, designed to help students explore how plants adapt to different environments. Ideal for secondary schools and colleges, this set provides clear examples of plant structures and adaptations under the microscope.

• Contains 18 prepared slides showing environmental adaptations in a range of plant species

• Includes features such as stinging cells, sunken stomata, CAM, C3 and C4 photosynthetic tissues, and more

• Suitable for use in biology lessons focusing on plant ecology and adaptation

• Slides are labelled for easy identification and teaching

• Designed for repeated classroom use

• The product image shows Ammophila (Marram grass), T.S. leaf

• Glossary: T.S. – Transverse Section; W.M. – Whole Mount

• The set includes:

  • Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM)

  • C3 and C4 comparative leaf T.S. vascular

  • Ficus (fig), sunken stomata

  • Ammophila (Marram grass), T.S. leaf

  • Erica (heather), Xerophyte leaf

  • Drosera (sundew), W.M. leaf

  • Urtica (nettles), T.S. stem stinging cells

  • Solanum (potato)m T.S. storage stem

  • Clematis (leather flower), climbing stem

  • Potamogeton, hydrophyte

  • Nymphaea (water lily), T.S. floating leaf

  • Mesophyte and xerophyte leaf

  • Dendrobium (orchid), aerial root

  • Cuscuta (dodder), T.S. host to show haustoria

  • Sambucus (elderberry), T.S. stem lenticel

  • Sun and shade leaf, Fagus (beech)

  • Pinguicula (Butterwort), T.S. leaf

  • Pinus (pine), T.S. leaf