Category: Dichotomous Keys

I struggled a lot with this assignment, which is why I procrastinated it. I really enjoy the July flora in Alaska. The delphiniums, fireweed and monskhood are in bloom which are my favorite plants to admire. My Dichotomous key is based on those plants. A. Flowers that alternate along the …

For Plant 1: (disclaimer, it won’t let me indent on here so indentations are made with …. . It also will not accept my prime numbers when I finally post it so I’m putting *1, *2, etc.). A. Appears to be a tree plant ……B. Needles growing in whirl clusters …

Dichotomous Key A: Plants with petals Plants without petals

Dichotomous Key A. Plants with woody stem – Plant 1    A1. Herbaceous Plants B. Plants with multiple flowers – Plants 2 and 4 to C B1. Plants with single flower – Plant 3 C. Plant with yellow flower – Plant 4 C1. Plant with white flower – Plant 2

I find dichotomous keys to be incredibly difficult. Hoping to get better at it. Dichotomous Key Has Flowers Does not have flowers

I created my key in a manner that I feel my students (5/6 grade) could do. While I’m not 100% confident that it is correct for this assignment, I feel it describes the aesthetic features of the plants with characteristics middle schoolers would notice. Of course, there are more observations …