Aspects of Dormancy in Vascular Plants

growth over an unseasonal warm period. Instead, they use the cold days of winter to prepare for a resurgence of growth in the spring. These are aspects of dormancy or arrest in development under conditions favorable for growth. Such rest or dormancy periods are shown by spores, seeds, and buds of vascular plants as well as by spores of fungi and bacteria. A fully developed seed contains an embryonic plant having an initiated root and shoot with food reserves in the