I have been delighted that Sitka strawberries have naturalized in my front yard as a pretty and fast expanding ground cover. To give the fruits more sun, I harvest leaves that I dry for a mild and slightly tannic addition to tea mixtures. According to my readings, the various …
I think columbine flowers are gorgeous and the leaves are pretty, too. The flowers have five petals and five sepals in decorator color contrasts. The sepals are ovate and the petals are fused into conical shapes. The plants have three lobed leaves, grouped in threes themselves. …
Nasturtium is my favorite cultivated flower. Easy going, tasty, beautiful, and fast growing. I use the leaves in sandwiches and pesto. The leaves are entire, peltate, smooth with L-O-N-G petioles that attach to the middle of each leaf. The petioles and stems are almost juicy/succulent. The showy, single …
Because I fractured my wrist on June 7, I picked a rather large flower to dissect one handed: the yellow pond lily. It was an interesting plant. The sepals are in two rows. On each solitary flower, the outer row has 2 small, tough, thick, and leathery green …
Revised Dichotomous Key indentation was not retained when I pushed publish, for some reason. A Needles , Bin 1 A1 Leaves, go to B B Leaves with visible flowers, go to C B1 Leaves with catkins/aments, Bin 4 C Flowers with white petals, Bin 2 C1 Flowers with …
We have had rain every day for weeks so my sample is staining the paper. Good for berries but sad for flowers and veggies. Attached are three photos of iris growing along our lake front. The ovary appears to have three open carpel compartments, with axial placentation. The …
Module 2 Dichotomous Key sample Laura Emerson For some reason, the post did not preserve the increasing indentation of each lettered section. Bin 1: A Tree with needles …go to B A1 Tree without needles… go to x (not demonstrated) B Tree with cones … go to C …
Hi, Class! I am so pleased to participate in this course. I have wanted this sort of content delivered on-line in a community setting for several years. My husband and I live a 20 minute flight from the nearest road (N of Anchorage, S of Denali). My science background is …
