Plant Dissections – BIOL F190: Intro to Alaska Flora

I wanted to get this published before I head down from Anchorage to Hope to camp for the night. I am looking forward to checking out the wildflowers on the way. I worked a lot this week, so two of the plants were from my work, one from indoors and one from the parking lot. I wish I had more time to dissect and label with more detail. I had a lot of fun using the macro lens. I found that the lighting was difficult for me and I tried to use white paper to reflect as well as an additional desk lamp.

Author: Sundance Visser

Hello, I'm a Midwest transplant and have lived in Alaska for over a decade. For two years, I worked in Anchorage at a vocational skills program that operates a hydroponic farm called Alaska Seeds of Change. The part of the job that I loved the most was watching our young staff interact with the plants that we grew. In 2018, I enrolled in UAF’s Ethnobotany program, and it has absolutely changed the way I look at the world. I have been fortunate enough to attend classes while working and while traveling. I am a graduate student at Prescott College, in the dual MBA and Master’s of Science in Sustainable Food Systems program. I love learning about plants, gathering wild foods (and eating them!), and making connections between people, plants, and place.

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Steffi Ickert-Bond

July 2, 2018 at 8:10 am 6 years ago

Fantastic job on these dissections! I love the dissections of the rose hip, shows the aggregate of the achenes very well. Love the rhubarb dissection of the achenes, very nice images. Interesting to see how you guys grow the spearmint, neat!

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