Pressed Plants
I had a lot of fun with this assignment!! Definitely more flowers will be pressed in the upcoming weeks at my household.
misc bears
If you have time for a study break, may I suggest to biology fans this link that is ever popular right now, and comes from the Katmai National Park, King Salmon, AK, on an online platform similar to iNaturalist, but videos, with chats: https://explore.org/livecams/brown-bears
Kendall dichotomous key
A. Serrated leaf margins….. Plant 2 A. Entire leaf margins B. Coniferous…… Plant 1 B. Non-Coniferous C. Purple petals present…. Plant 3 C. No purple petals present….. Plant 4
Kendall’s pressed plant herbarium vouchers
I added text boxes to my pressed plant images due to my hand writing being illegible! I used the Alaska Land Cover and Wetlands resource provided by UAA to find out the exact biome these specimens were growing in, which was highly valuable and I’m glad I found it. All …
Pressed plants
For my pressed plants, I chose some that I encountered while on a walk near the Chena Lake flood control project in North Pole. The flat area directly to the east of the embankment has small clusters of black spruce and birch trees, and is full of wildflowers in the …
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 …