EPA Tribal Stormwater WorkshopStormwater Controls for Tribal Lands

Charlotte Ely and Eugenia McNaughtonCharlotte Ely and Eugenia McNaughtonAugust 30, 2011

Definition & Consequences (Charlotte)Tour of native California (Eugenia)

Plants stay putPlants grow (and keep growing)Plants feed themselves 

How would you reproduce if couldn’t move?Asexual

Vegetativeh b d l b lb bRhizomes, buds, solons, bulbs, tubers, etc.

ApomixisSexualSexual

PollinationAbiotic (wind)Biotic 

Self‐pollination Cross‐pollination

How would you reproduce if couldn’t move?Asexual 

Vegetativeh b l b lb bRhizomes, bus, solons, bulbs, tubers, etc.

ApomixisSexualSexual

PollinationAbiotic (wind)Biotic 

Self‐pollination Cross‐pollination

How would you defend yourself?Chemical defense

Secondary metabolitesMechanical defense

Internal External External Thigmonastic

Mimicry/camouflageMimicry/camouflageMutualism

How would you defend yourself?Chemical defense

Secondary metabolitesMechanical defense

Internal External External Thigmonastic

Mimicry/camouflageMimicry/camouflageMutualism

How would you defend yourself?Chemical defense

Secondary metabolitesMechanical defense

Internal External External Thigmonastic

Mimicry/camouflageMimicry/camouflageMutualism

How would you defend yourself?Chemical defense

Secondary metabolitesMechanical defense

Internal External External Thigmonastic

Mimicry/camouflageMimicry/camouflageMutualism

What if people had meristems?

What if sunlight powered industry and industry gemitted just sugar and oxygen?

6CO2 + 6H2O  C6H12O6 + 6O26CO2 + 6H2O  C6H12O6 + 6O2

Plants are The Producers

Plants gave rise to life as know it, and plants sustain life as we know it.