FieldBotanyPlantDiversity
From Week 1:
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Plants we do not have pictures of:
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Additional Notes:
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Tulip Poplar
Liridodendron tulipifera
Family: Magnoliaceae
Hollies
Ilex sp. sp.= do not know species
Family: Aquifoliaceae
Silver Maple
Acer saccharinum
Family: Sapindaceae
White Ash
Fraxinus americana
Family: Oleaceae (olive family)
Sycamore
Platanus occidentalis
Family: Platanaceae
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- Common suffix for all plant families: "aceae"
- First letter of Genus capitalized; first letter of epithet lowercase
- Scientific names in italics or underlined (they should be underlined on quizzes!)
- From most broad to most specific:
- Order
- Family
-Genus
-Species
- Three main groups of flowering plants:
1) Monocots
2) Dicots
3) Magnoliids (more primitive plants; evolved earlier)
- Buds determine where the leaf starts
- All maples have opposite leaves
- Fruit= an organ with seeds in it
- Fountain shaped crowns= Elms
- Pin Oaks have lower branches that splay out like a skirt
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From Week 2:
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Comments (4)
Dr. McMillan said
at 5:05 pm on Sep 5, 2009
to add more rows to the table, just hit a tab in the lowermost/rightmost cell, to add a column, right-click and select insert column
Dr. McMillan said
at 5:06 pm on Sep 5, 2009
You'll find that many of my former students have already made pages for individual families and species. Try to remember to add a link to them.
bcc005@... said
at 2:33 pm on Sep 11, 2009
How did the notes get in here? tee hee. Who moved them? See you all tomorrow!
kmf007 said
at 8:17 pm on Sep 11, 2009
Im sure it was something I did when I tried to edit something. After I did it, it just looked weird. I hope it's not a forever thing.
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