Use the internet or your textbook (search with index) to explore the difference in the structure of monocot and dicot plants (why are they different and how can you visually distinguish them when looking at a plant)Identify at least 3 differences and write your findings in your notebooks,

Features Features The presence of a single cotyledon in the seedling is the most common way to identify monocot plants. Veins that run parallel to the length of the leaves and flower sections that are arranged in a three or six-fold symmetry are some of the anatomical characteristics shared by monocots. Monocots have very little true woody tissue and an adventitious root system. They lack a typical cambium and have scattered vascular bundles.