Category: Dissections

Achillea millefolium (yarrow) Rosa nutkana (nootka rose) Vicia cracca (bird vetch) Myosotis alpestris (forget-me-not)

 Dwarf Bunchberry, Cornus canadensis https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1343087857526374403 Salal, Gaultheria shallon https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1343096010422878211 American Twinflower, Linnaea borealis https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1343103589282742275 Orange daylily, Hemerocallis fulva https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1343108628663500803  

Ranunculaceae (Buttercup) Family: Aconitum delphiniifolium DC. Larkspurleaf monkshood https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1343080792691048451 Fabaceae (Pea) Family: Trifolium hybridum L.   Alsike Clover https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1343090926611857411 Asteraceae (Aster) Family: Erigeron acer L. Bitter Fleabane https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1343093963380228099   Ericaceae (Heather) Family Orthilia secunda L. One-sided wintergreen https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1343098505618522115  

Sorry the magnification leaves much to be desired and the lighting is terrible. I need more practice and/or a better set up for DIY microscopy! Plant Family #1 Rose: https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1342302777337970691 https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1342989574296567810 https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1342994855025967106 https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1342994457670189058 https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1342996007566180354 https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1342996307261784066 https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1342996846468923394 https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1342997445604278274 Plant Family #2 Pea: https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1342305860210130947 https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1343001554109595650 https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1343001295820161026 https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1343001023916015618 https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1343000769288208386 https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1343000334464712706 Plant Family #3 …

https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1341633340750430210   https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1343032815171665922   https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1342005954161410050

I’m not sure I have completely figured out Thinglink, but I really like the potential it has.  I’ve completed only a single dissection so far:   https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1342905714565185538 With the tools I had, I couldn’t tease the gynoecium out of the keel, but I did free the single 10th stamen.  Fruits …

Longstalk Starwort dissection: https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1342712612684562433 Bitter Fleabane dissection: https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1342358607563325441 Alpine Bistort dissection: https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1342347640129454081 Marsh Grass of Parnassus dissection: https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1342334682108264449

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1sCTsETGl9S1hgQAQruAXVmTqlzSMJjRaGmC3FN-dxdY/edit?usp=sharing   *I found it easier to put together a Google slide rather than a thinglink–hope that’s okay. Anyone with a UA account will have access to it*

Here are my four plant dissections from Canada: Common Comfrey (Symphytum officinale): https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1342542412802686978 Broadleaf Plantain (Plantago major): https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1342554803783335938   Japanese Knotweed (Reynoutria japonica): https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1342559227561902082 Creeping Bellflower (Campanula rapunculoides): https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1342560657639211010

Please use the attached links to view my “Dissection of Specimens” assignment: Solanaceae Family (Bittersweet Nightshade): https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1342306714153648130 Asparagaceae Family (Yucca): https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1342315538239455234 Phytolaccaceae Family (American Pokeweed): https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1342319553295679490 Asteraceae Family (Creeping Thistle): https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1342323588744609794

Here are my four dissection with links to ThingLink: 1.) Lysichiton americanus, American skunkcabbage https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1340030403083239425 2.) Fireweed – Chamaenerion angustifolium https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1340178759042465793 3.) White Twisted-Stalk – Streptopus amplexifolius https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1340360115089309697 4.) Threeleaf Foamflower – Tiarella trifoliata https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1340380830710628353

Something of an archaeologist’s friend. Styled an ‘indicator’ plant, chenopodium and umbelifers like to grow where humans have disturbed the soil. Patches of pigweed, pushki and Angelica congregate on middens  and house pit sites long after humans have left the area.

This example is a cut flower obtained from the Alaska Peony Cooperative. Very fragrant, this color and style is named Dutchess. Purchased in a bundle with Paeonia lactiflora ‘Sarah Bernhardt’. If I’d known how popular the SB blossom is, I would have dissected one of those because of the information …