Talk:Bud

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The second picture, the one with the cone-shaped bud, needs a caption.

Didn't see the photo, but I imagine its mighty funny considering SNL has ben around for awhile.

[edit] What are buds protected by?

Tell me. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.104.141.170 (talk) 01:07, 25 April 2007 (UTC).

speaking of protecting the page, someone has written obscene language on it...

[edit] Types of buds

This section has to be rewrited and the illustration removed.
Introduction is botanically perfect but not this section which contains many mistakes.

[edit] 1. Bud scars

Buds themselves usually don't make any scars because they don't fall but transform themselves into stems or wait a more or less long time as dormant buds. Only when accidentally removed do they leave a traumatic scar.
Usual morphological scars are either leaf scars (as on the illustration) and they may sometimes be used for species identification or 'bud scale' scars (note: only scars made by the fallen scales) and as making a ring around the stem, they may be used for growth counting (very difficult to use them for identification).
--Channer (talk) 15:00, 9 March 2008 (UTC)