C3 Plant

This picture of a strawberry is a great example of a C₃ plant. A C₃ plant is any plant that, when going through the Calvin Cycle, intakes carbon dioxide through its pores, later to be combined with sugar. This strawberry will then join those carbon dioxide molecules with the sugar molecules and make a molecule that has three carbons (why it's called a C₃ plant) in its chloroplast. These particular plants allow oxygen to be taken in and carbon dioxide to be let out in the presence of light. This process in C₃ plants is called photorespiration, which some plants that live in hot and dry climates avoid to conserve water (C₄ plants).