Dissections

The four specimens I chose to dissect are: Hedysarum alpinum (Alpine Hedysarum), Arctostaphylos rubra ( Red Bearberry), Eurybia sibirica (Siberian Aster) and Polemonium acutiflorum (Tall Jacob’s Ladder). Hedysarum alpinum https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1603506369518895106 https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1603506195807600642 https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1603525012281622530 https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1603508985191727106 https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1603525010717147138 https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1603527650989572098 https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1603506175641387010 https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1603524989103898626 https://www.thinglink.com/scene/160352499037057843 https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1603506174882217986 Arctostaphylos rubra https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1603878753857961987 https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1603878530477719555 https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1603878583346921475 https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1603878461489807363 https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1603878461242343427 Eurybia sibirica https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1604633571773906945 https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1604633355184242689 …

Pressed Plants

I collected the three plant specimens on my property that borders Kluane National Park in Haines Junction, Yukon. The habitat is an open black spruce (Picea mariana) forest on disturbed sandy soil facing southeast. It was an enjoyable process. The Polemonium acutiflorum was so delicate it kept sticking to the …