Plant Charts, Botany, School Education

Quick Answer: Plant Charts are botany wall charts that give an overview of plant life, typically the parts of a flowering plant, the plant cell, processes such as photosynthesis and transpiration, and the main groups of the plant kingdom. They are used in primary and secondary biology before individual organs are studied in detail.

The Whole Plant Before Its Parts

Where root, stem and leaf charts zoom in on one organ, plant charts show the whole organism. A labelled flowering plant separates the root system below ground from the shoot system above it, with stem, leaves, buds, flowers and fruits, and ties each part to its job: anchorage and absorption, support and transport, food making, and reproduction.

Cell diagrams show what makes a plant cell different from an animal cell, namely a cellulose cell wall, chloroplasts and a large central vacuole. Process sheets usually cover photosynthesis, in which carbon dioxide and water become glucose and oxygen using light absorbed by chlorophyll, and transpiration, which pulls water up from roots to leaves. Classification sheets arrange the plant kingdom from algae and mosses through ferns to gymnosperms and flowering plants.

Applications

• Introducing plant parts and their functions in primary science
• Comparing plant and animal cells before a microscope practical
• Photosynthesis experiments such as the starch test on a leaf
• Teaching the classification of the plant kingdom

Care & Handling

• Hang the whole-plant sheet from the plant charts at the start of the botany display, with the organ charts following it to the right.
• Keep it clear of potted plants and seed trays on the windowsill, where watering splashes reach the paper.
• Store the set in a dry cupboard alongside the other botany titles.

Specifications

Why Choose LabEquip

Schools usually begin a botany wall with plant charts and add organ-level titles such as the Leaf Charts and Seeds Charts. Plant tissue slides from the prepared slides range complete the set-up, and orders go through the LabEquip contact page.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the main parts of a flowering plant?

The root system, usually below ground, anchors the plant and absorbs water and minerals. The shoot system above ground has the stem, which supports the plant and carries water and food, the leaves, which make food, and the flowers, which produce seeds and fruits.

How is a plant cell different from an animal cell?

A plant cell has a rigid cellulose cell wall outside its membrane, chloroplasts for photosynthesis and usually one large central vacuole. Animal cells have no cell wall or chloroplasts, and their vacuoles are small if present.

What is the word equation for photosynthesis?

Carbon dioxide plus water gives glucose plus oxygen, using light energy absorbed by chlorophyll. The glucose is used for energy or stored as starch, and the oxygen is released into the air.

How can photosynthesis be shown in a school lab?

Keep a potted plant in the dark for a day to use up its starch, expose it to light, then boil a leaf in water, decolourise it in alcohol warmed in a water bath (never over a flame) and add iodine. The areas that received light turn blue-black.

What is transpiration?

The loss of water vapour from a plant, mainly through the stomata of the leaves. It creates a pull that draws water and dissolved minerals up from the roots, and it helps cool the leaves.

What are the main groups of plants?

School classification usually lists thallophytes such as algae, bryophytes such as mosses, pteridophytes such as ferns, gymnosperms such as pines with naked seeds, and angiosperms, the flowering plants, whose seeds are enclosed in fruits.

Last Updated: September 2026