11. C3 Plant

Hey look! Sarah's nails match the flower!

Definition: C3 Plants are the most common in the plant kingdom. These plants use only the Calvin cycle and survive the best in colder and wet climates.

What the specimen is: This is a red rose, it's scientific name is rosa macdub.

Where we found it: This rose was found growing in Sarah's front yard.

How it relates to a C3 plant: Roses, like all the other C3 groups keep their stomata open during the day. Roses are originally from a cooler part of China that had an abundant amount of rain. Therefore Roses did not need to develop a way to adapt to heat the way that CAM plants did.