Rheum rhabarbarum POLYGONACEAE 1. Habitat, growing at edge of our yard with grass, clover, wild geranium, spruce and birch. 2. Leaves- simple, alternate 3. Inflorescence is a panicle 4. Flowers- ovary superior 3 fused carpels. 5. Achene fruit. 6. 6 petaloid tepals 7. 6 connote petaloid tepals. 8. Stamens, 6-9. …
Taraxacum officinale, COMPOSITAE family 1. Habitat- well drained forest hillside with alder, fireweed, grass, wild geranium and Rosa acicularis. 2. Leaves, basal rosette of long toothed leaves. 3. Flowers, solitary. 4. Compound florets. 5. Fruits, achene. 6. Petals, single petal and stamen per floret. 7. Sepals, 11 deeply bisected. 8. …
Rosa acicularis, family ROSACEAE 1. Habitat- well drained hillside with alder, birch, wild geranium, and high bush cranberries. 2. Leaves, odd pinnate with simply serrate leaflets. 3. Inflorescence- flowers solitary 4. Flowers, perfect, actinomorphic, 5-merous. 5. Fruits- none present. 6. Five petals. 7. Five sepals. 8. Many stamen. 9. Indehiscent …
Not sure I formatted this correctly but the overview of cow parsnip in habitat is first with additional images and text embedded. Amazing smell! Forgot how fragrant these plants are! So the embed is not working correctly, I will post the photos direct and add text. Heracleum Lanatum in the …
BINGO I had trouble finding a few this time of year so found photos on the web for those. In a month I should be able to find all nine easily here!
Dichotomous Key A. Leaves needlelike, plant tree form, fruit is a cone (Bin 1) A. Leaves flat, plant herbaceous and flowering B. Leaves Simple (Bin 4) B. Leaves Compound C. Flowers contain six petals, violet (Bin 3) C. Flowers contain four petals, white (Bin 2)
Hello- My previous introduction didn’t show up. Lost in cyberspace somewhere. I was posting from Namibia with very limited WiFi and cell. I work as an environmental analyst and live in Eagle River. I was so excited to see this class, it’s a great way to refresh plant ID skills …
