Here is a bonus picture of my at home plant press because I am very proud of it! I used my old middle school yearbooks on the outside, cardboard to separate the layers, and newspaper to cover the samples, with belts holding it all together.
The following pressed plants are from the Carl E. Wynn Nature Center, up the hill from coastal Homer. This nature center is at around 1300 ft. elevation, so is a bit different from coastal Homer. This area is more of a transition from Coastal Rainforest to Boreal Forest. These pressed …
1A: Has needles; woody; cones present….Plant 1 1B: No needles present….Go to 2 2A: Has flowers with petals….Go to 3 2B: Petals absent; incomplete flower….Plant 4 3A: 4 petals, white; gamosepalous; inferior ovary….Plant 2 3B: 6 petals, purple; polysepalous; superior ovary….Plant 3
Plant 1 – Fir Tree Plant 2 – Pine Tree Plant 3 – Birch Tree Plant 4 – Sweetgum Tree
Here are my pressed plants. I used a plant press kit from Walmart and allowed them to be pressed for 3 days.
Hello from Anchorage. 🙂 My name is Ann Dougherty and Im excited to start this class, albiet a bit late. I’m a self employed massage therapist and usually slower this time of year which is why I thought now would be a good time for a class, haha. I also …
