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- Imbricate
- Overlapping.
- Increaser
- A plant that increases in abundance under grazing.
- Indusium
- Membranous outgrowth of the blade which covers the cluster of spore-bearing structures (sorus) of a fern.
- Inflorescence
- The whole flowering portion of a plant. See inflorescence types drawings.
- Infusion
- A tea made by pouring boiling water over a substance. Steeping.
- Internodes
- The part of the stem between two successive nodes or joints.
- Introduced
- Plants brought into North America and not part of the original vegetation.
- Invaders
- Plants which come into areas after the climax vegetation has been diminished by overgrazing, drought, fire, or other disturbances. Ranges in which these species are abundant are in poor condition.
- Involucre
- A whorl of bracts under a flower or flower cluster.
- Involute
- Rolled inward from the edges, toward the upper surface.