PLANTS

This week's journal is all about plants. After learning a little bit of that basics, I happily journeyed into Tilden Park again, one of my favorite places, in search of some specimens. As someone who was completely new to botany or any form of plant identification prior to this class, it was quite an adventure to say the least!

Here is what I found:

One monocot, with bright yellow 6-petaled flowers and slender, parallel-veined green leaves

One dicot, with cute 5-petaled purple flowers and clusters of green leaves

One plant consisting mainly of clover leaves, with petite regular purple flowers perfectly displaying their radial symmetry intermixed

One plant with CRAZY purple flowers that were definitely irregular and in no way exhibiting radial symmetry.

One plant belonging to the pea family, with bright purple flowers arranged in a peculiar cone shape.

One plant that was a coniferous tree, of the gymnosperm variety of course

One plant with lovely, well-defined pinnate leaves extending off long slender stalks to form a small bush along a creek

One plant with perfectly aligned opposite leaves, and finally...

One plant belonging to the sunflower family, even though its tiny pink leaves could lead you to believe otherwise!

Please see the attached observations for photos of all my discoveries. I'm really excited for the resident pros of inaturalist to come along and inform me of what all these plants' true identities are!

Publicado el 21 de marzo de 2013 a las 11:28 PM por maeganblansett maeganblansett

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Marzo 21, 2013 a las 01:22 PM PDT

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This dicot has nice purple flowers and an interesting fuzzy stalk.

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Marzo 21, 2013 a las 01:48 PM PDT

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Dainty yellow flowers on this monocot

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Pinos, Ocotes Y Piñones (Género Pinus)

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Marzo 21, 2013 a las 01:22 PM PDT

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This sturdy tree has long, needle-like leaves and petite pokey cones

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Trébol Amargo (Oxalis oregana)

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Marzo 21, 2013 a las 02:06 PM PDT

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Clover-type leaves with regular purple flowers

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Marzo 21, 2013 a las 01:41 PM PDT

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Purple irregular flowers and long green leaves

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Marzo 21, 2013 a las 02:02 PM PDT

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This petite little flowered plant is actually a member of the sunflower family!

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Helechos Labiados (Género Cheilanthes)

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Marzo 21, 2013 a las 01:25 PM PDT

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This scruffy little shrub has lovely pinnate leaves

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Marzo 21, 2013 a las 02:15 PM PDT

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This purple plant appears to be in the pea family.

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Marzo 21, 2013 a las 01:38 PM PDT

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Check out the opposite leaves on THIS plant!

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Musgos Y Parientes (Filo Bryophyta)

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Marzo 21, 2013 a las 01:55 PM PDT

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This very simple plant dwells on land but does not spread a seed!

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