Echinacea angustifolia DC. Family: Asteraceae Growing in a large clump in my yard. This plant was transplanted years ago and seems to be very happy here. The stems are up-right and around 24-30 inches in height. A light pink flower head grows at each side-branch and terminal branch. They have …
Monarda fistulosa L. Family: Lamiaceae The plants are growing in a cluster in my yard at home. They were planted, not naturally occurring. I absolutely LOVE the smell and it was a joy to dissect, and I even made tea afterwards 🙂 Tall up-right stems (3 ft or taller when …
Family: Asphodeaceae/Hemerocalidoides Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus L. (Buttered Popcorn) 6 Petals 4-5 cm L X 2 cm W 6 stamen: 4-5 cm L Pistil- 5-6 cm L Pedicels: 1-1.5 cm Throat of calyx/corolla: 2.5 cm Bracts at each node. Pistil divided into a cross-section and longitudinal section, showing the receptacle. Final dissection …
Yucca glauca in it’s “natural” habitat. Although this particular plant seems to have been planted as an ornamental outside of a community garden. Where I grew up in Western Nebraska, they grow everywhere! When we would drive the cattle up for summer grazing, the cattle always loved to strip the …
I had fun with this assignment and I think it would be a great activity for kids too. The first Bingo, I used the terms you gave us and went outside to try and find them. I found this pretty challenging and for some I had to google examples (especially …
Here is a photo of the herbarium specimen that I made while I was in Hooper Bay, AK last summer. This was my first time creating an herbarium specimen so it was a great learning experience. Â Here are the herbarium specimen I made for this assignment. I just used …
It seems I am not the only one struggling with this assignment. I understand the concept of dichotomous keys but I find it very difficult to decipher certain plant characteristics through a photograph. For instance, even on the exercise with the two different species of violets, I keyed out different …
Hello! My name is Rebecca and I’m currently finishing up my EBOT certification that I began in January of last year. I currently live in Lincoln, Nebraska and I was able to go to Hooper Bay, AK for the EBOT field course last summer. It was my first time visiting …
