Friday, October 25th Class

Anemone huphensis

Orders, Families, Genus and Species to be Studied:

• Lamiales; This is a huge order that has recently swollen from 5 to 21 families by the addition of many plants from the old Scrophulariales. 
• Lameaceae (mint family)
• Salvia leucantha (the Mexican sage)
• Acanthaceae (the Acanthus family)
• Justicia brandegeeana (syn. Belperone guttata. common name: the 'Shrimp plant')
• Bignonieaceae (the Bignonia family)
• Tacoma x smithii 'Orange Bells'
• Ranunculales
• Papaveraceae (poppy family)
• Eschsholzia californica (the California poppy) or
• Argemone mexicana (the Mexican prickly poppy)
• Ranunculaceae
• Anemone huphensis (basionym Anemone japonica var. huphensis)

Map and Photo Album of Example Plants

Other Links:

Ranunculales

Ranunculaceae

RANUNCULACEAE

www.botany.wisc.edu/sytsma/FieldBotanyWeb/ppt/22Families1.pdf

Systematics of Vascular Plants

Papaveraceae

Acanthaceae family characteristics - Google Search

Untitled Document

PAPAVERACEAE

Family: Papaveraceae (poppy family): Go Botany

Papaveraceae in Flora of North America (Includes Key)

UC/JEPS: Jepson Manual treatment for PAPAVERACEAE

Jepson Manual Key to California Papaveraceae

California Poppies

botany.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/newgate/vascwwwo_ar12jun07.htm

Lameriales

Acanthaceae

Acanthaceae

Angiosperm families - Acanthaceae Juss.

About Acanthaceae

Tree of Life Demo for Plants

Friday, October 18th Plant Identification Class

Amaryllidaceae, Orchidaceae and Asteraceae

Map to plants we'll ID this Friday

Asteraceae Links

Map to a portion of the Arboretum's collection of Asteraceae

Flowering Plant Families, UH Botany

vPlants - Glossary Asteraceae

Stanford Dahlia Project Compositae Information

Sunflower Family (Asteraceae)

Asteraceae in Flora of North America @ efloras.org

Systematics of Vascular Plants Asteraceae

Angiosperm families - Compositae Giseke

prairie_asteraceaehead_1.jpg (439×576)

Jepson Herbarium: Jepson Flora Project: Jepson eFlora Keys

Amaryllidaceae Links

Map of selected Arboretum Amaryllidaceae

Ohio State Amaryllis family description

Jepson Flora key to Amaryllidaceae found in California

PlantSystamatics.org Amaryllidales (order) page

Orchidaceae Links

PlantSystematics list and pictures (over 380 images)

Swiss Orchid Foundation description of subfamilies

Wayne's Word flower terminology page (includes orchid structures)

Wayne's Word orchid diagram
California native orchids (all 47 of them)

Plant Families to be Covered Friday October 11th.

This Friday's class will be covering the mallow family (Malvaceae; including the newly added plants from the now defunct family Bombacaceae like Cieba (Chorisia) speciosa). We'll also be covering the Olive family (Oleaceae) which includes such fragrant plants as Osmanthus and Jasminium. And finally, the third family we'll be covering is the Palm family (Arecaceae). Here's a map to the plants we'll be looking at. 

Here are some useful links you might want to peruse before class if you have the time.

Aracaceae

Map of all the Arecaceae at the Arboretum

Arecaceae (Palmae) An explanation and description of the palm family from the University of Catania in Italy.

Jepson Herbarium: Jepson Flora Project: Jepson eFlora Keys

Key to native and non-native established palms here in California

Angiosperm families - Palmae Juss.

List of taxonomic characteristics to look for when identifying palms. 

Flowering Plant Families, UH Botany

University of Hawaii palm page; aloha!

University of Illinois Palm Page

Malvaceae

Map of all the Malvaceae (including the Bombacaceae) at the Arboretum. 

Jepson Herbarium: Jepson Flora Project: Jepson eFlora Keys

Key to native and naturalized members of the Arecaceae. 

Malvaceae: Wildflowers of the Mallow Family. Pictures and help with wildflower Identification from Thomas J. Elpel, author of Botany in a Day. The easy way to identify flowers.

Nice photos and drawings illustrating members of the Malvaceae. 

Plantsystamatics list of families in the order Malvales. 

This is way more useful for dealing with plants you think might be in the Mallow family but come from the tropics or subtropics. Already most of the Bombacaceae has been swallowed by the Malvaceae. 

Oleaceae

Map to all the members of the Oleaceae here at the Arboretum
University of Hawaii Oleaceae Page

University of Maine Oleaceae Overview

University of Illinois Oleaceae Page

Class Notes, October 4th

Hi everybody -thanks for taking the class! Just a few notes for next week:

1. Wear sturdy shoes. 
2. Bring a clipboard or stiff notebook for taking notes. 
3. I will be posting a map of all the plants we're going to take a look at, as well as printing it out for you. 

Here are some links that we discussed:

• Conifer Key from the American Museum of Natural History (this is the key we used today). 
• Map of all the Podocarpus at the Arboretum
• Map of the trees we saw today

Fall Plant ID Class Syllabus

L.A. County Arboretum and Botanic Garden Plant Identification Class Syllabus

Fall 2013 Session. Five Fridays, October 4,11,18,25 and November 1st from 2-4pm in the Bamboo Room (Except Nov. 1st at a location TBA).

Instructor: Frank McDonough -Arboretum Botanical Information Consultant

Phone: (626) 821-3236

Email: Arboretum e-mail, Gee maighle

Office Hours: 9-5 Tuesday-Saturday.

Additional lesson material will be available at: http://laarboretumplantid.blogspot.com/

I will be posting photo albums of plants to be covered during the next class up to the day before class. These pictures will have GPS coordinates so you can view the map to them by clicking on the properties bar in the description that can be seen to the right of the photo when viewing the photos individually.

Plant families in bold indicate plant families or orders we will study specimens of.  

This fall session will be field oriented, at least half the class-time will be out on the Arboretum grounds learning field techniques for identifying plants (we’ll be using those jeweler’s loupes!) Plant families and/or orders covered will be determined by availability of plants that are flowering or have sufficient characteristics to facilitate identification.

Also, if you have a family or plant group you would like to cover please bring it up to me and we will try to cover it.

Session 1:

Class Introduction

Order Coniferales

Session 2

TBA

Session 3:

TBA

Session 4:

TBA

Session 5:

TBA

Required: Jewelers loupe 10-20X

Text:

Coniferales Identification Album Link, Pine and Podocarpus Maps

I've put together a photo album of some of the conifers we'll be covering in the field that includes their mapped locations. I've also put together maps of all the pines and Podocarpus at the Arboretum.

Photo Album of Coniferales in the Field

Map to all the pines (genus Pinus) at the Arboretum. Can be opened in Google maps if you have a GIS equipped smart phone.

Map to all the Podocarpus in the Arboretum. 

Links to Coniferales Identification Resources

Gymnosperm Database site map

Araucaria cunninghamii (hoop pine) description

Cedrus (Cedars) description

Pinus (pine) description - The Gymnosperm Database

arnoldia.arboretum.harvard.edu/pdf/articles/1951-11--simple-key-to-the-pines.pdf

Jepson Herbarium: Jepson Flora Project: Jepson eFlora Keys

Podocarpaceae (Podocarp family) description

Topics Page for the Gymnosperm Database