Plant ID Class 2019
First Session
1.
Why ID
a.
Culture and Conditions
b.
Family ties
c.
To know
d.
Herbal research
e.
To eat or not to eat.
2.
A short and Eurocentric history of Botany
a.
Shamans and healers
b.
Greece
c.
China
d.
Rome
e.
The Renaissance
f.
The age of enlightenment
g.
The age of empire
h.
The age of the internet
3.
A botanist’s tools
a.
Loop
b.
Plant press
c.
Dissecting scope
d.
Outdoor gear
e.
Camera
f.
Benadryl
4.
A botanist’s resources
a.
Plant structure ID guide
b.
A working knowledge of the families they are
dealing with.
i. Knowledge
of any unique structures of the families, genus and species they are dealing
with.
c.
A flora (online or not) pertinent to the plants
in question.
d.
A field guide (if necessary).
e.
Familiarity with Boolean search logic.
f.
Familiarity with Google search, particularly
Google image search.
g.
Various taxonomy web sites.
5.
A down and dirty look at the tree of life.
a.
Taxonomy
b.
Cladistics
c.
Hierarchy vs. Clade
6.
Plant Structures
a.
Plant type or habit
i. Tree
ii. Shrub
iii. Vine
iv. Liana
v. Perennial
vi. Biennial
vii. Herb
viii.
Annual Herb
ix. Forb
x. Bulb
b.
Leaves
i. Leaf
Arrangement
1.
Alternate vs. Opposite
2.
Compound leaves
a.
Odd vs. Even Pinnate
b.
Bi and Tri-pinnate leaves.
ii. Leaf
Attachment
iii. Petiole
iv. Stipules
v. Leaf
Shapes
vi. Palmate
vs. Lobed
c.
Flowers
i. Petals,
Sepals, Tepals
1.
Fused vs. Separate
ii. Calyx
vs. Corolla
iii. Bracts
vs. Petals vs. Leaves
iv. Ovary
position
v. Carpels
vi. Stamen
vs. Pistil
vii. Anther
viii.
Pollen Sack
ix. Sexuality
1.
Dioecious v. Monecious
2.
Unisexual vs. Bisexual
Selected Families
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