Working draft.

1. By: Andrea Noel

2. The Daisy is over 4,000 years old (Flower Expert).
Beginning in as early as 2,200 BC Daisies were
grown in Egyptian temple gardens (Garden
Guides).
The Egyptians also used the Daisies to treat
illnesses (Garden Guides).
In England the Daisy was most used to cure eye
problems and then later on for stomach ulcers
and many other sicknesses (Garden Guides).
King Henry the VII was the most well associated
King with Daisies.
Many also associated the daisy with love an
romance (Flower Expert).

3. The daisy has survived more epidemics than
some humans have. The daisy has out lived
the our great ancestors.
The daisy has evolved in many ways including
in the species diversity. The size, number and
shape of each daisy flower is different.
Including adapting to different environments.
Some daisies are also now related to the black
eyed Susan from interbreeding strains and
human breeding, of the beautiful flower
(Garden Guides).
But there are laws on Evolution (Gibb).

4. The daisy usually lives in a controlled
temperature at all times (Cox). This is the
ideal condition for the daisy to survive.
Different species of daisies can live in
diverse conditions. The daisy is also known
as a wild flower and can be seen along
highways and forests. As seen in the
pictures the daisies are growing well with a
buttercup (top) and some hydrangea
(bottom). Most daisies thrive in the summer
months (Gibb).

5. The daisy lives off of its environment to
get the nutrients and water needed to
survive. In most places there is an
abundance of daisies. The white daisy
will reflect the sunlight meaning a cooler
environment compared to the black
daisy that will absorb the sunlight(Rice).
To the daisy are many predators are
herbivores, including but not limited to
rabbits and groundhogs (Harding).
Mostly wild daisies are at random
distribution from birds and wind. Other
daisies are bought and planted.

6. Daisies are mostly perennial plants.
The daisies stem can reach up to
one foot in length (Garden Guides).
They grow towards the sun and also
close at night when the sun goes
down. The daisies open when the
sun then again comes up. The
anatomy of such a plant has a great
deal of surprising information for
the stems and leafs of the daisy
(Smith).

7. There are two main dominant species of
daisies (Harding).
The gerbera daisy can vary in colors such as
red, pink, yellow, orange, and purple with
black centers.
The Shasta daisy was created in 1901 by
Luther Burbank. There are over 100 kinds of
the Shasta daisy.
The Gloriosa daisy was created in the 1950’s
and has a close relation to the black eyed
Susan.
There are many more kinds of daisies (Garden
Guides). With a fine degrees of control
(Brennan).
As well in a flower farm this year they have just
created a new kind of Shasta daisy called
Broadway Lights (Perennial Plants).

8. There are many different types of
pollution that affects the daisy and
their environment that they live in.
There is acid rain from all the water
pollution. Also there are car exhaust
fumes that can also lead to this. Litter
and trash can hurt the daisies as well.
Yes the daisy has survived over 4,000
years but would you like to be
responsible for its extinction from
human pollution?

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