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April 21, 2023

The Evolution and Function of CAM Plants

Acknowledgments

I would like to thank Professor Shackleford, who gave valuable feedback throughout the process and Irene Urbina Zuniga, who helped guide me through formatting my infographic and posting on the Research Scholars website.

Tags from the story

Biology

Cacti

CAM Plants

Nomination-Plant-Science

Recent Comments

Matthew Holland

Incredible, that is the only word that can describe this article. It is one of the best of its kind in it the respective section hands down. I look forward to reading more from them in the future and hope they can write about different topics that would be equally interesting. I especially liked like the color scheme and how everything is laid out in a very easy to understand manner.

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25/04/2023

5:22 pm

Jonathan Flores

Your infographic has a great theme that matches your subject matter perfectly. I really like how you used more neutral colors with greens to accent the fact that you’re talking about plants. For the information, this infographic does exactly what it’s supposed to. Infographics are supposed to give you large amounts of information quickly, effectively, and with great visual appeal, which yours does in all categories. The one thing I would say is that the letters are a little bit small sometimes but nonetheless this infographic is extremely well done.

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25/04/2023

5:22 pm

Esmeralda Gomez

Such an exceptionally amazing infographic! I absolutely love the colorway chosen for this infographic. The information given does an amazing job of educating the audience about this topic which is incredibly important in today’s society. The challenges discussed in this infographic are certainly ones that we can overcome if we work together. This infographic and its information was one of the best I’ve seen in this category. Great job!

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26/04/2023

5:22 pm

Isabella Lopez

This is so interesting! I have multiple succulent and air plants at home that I take care of and I always wondered how I haven’t killed them yet. That fascinating how the somata will close at peak sunlight hours. I usually keep mine out of the sun because I’m scared of drying them out to fast in the Texas weather but that’s so resourceful how they have their own mechanism to prevent it anyway.

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26/04/2023

5:22 pm

Anayetzin Chavez Ochoa

Plant education is new for me besides the basic biology classes of prior years. You’re saying CAM would be a process found in a desert, for example. Ah, with further inspection, it’s true with respect to cacti and succulents. I never suspected Spanish moss and the vanilla orchid, though! Thank you for informing us on Crassulacean Acid Metabolism plants as I’ve never heard of this specific function before! It was a beautiful color palette.

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27/04/2023

5:22 pm

Melanie Fraire

It is widely known among many how cacti and succulents are so easy to maintain due to their minimal need for water but I’ve never known why or how it is that they manage to survive in mostly dry environments so I found this infographic to be very interesting and it was visually appealing as well with the drawings used.

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27/04/2023

5:22 pm

Sydney Nieto

Congratulations on your nomination. I liked how you should the phases of CAM and how the pictures were labeled, making it helpful to follow along. The amount of information that was included is amazing and very informative. I look forward to learning more about this in the future. I also liked the color palette as the color complement each other well.

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28/04/2023

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