Thursday, October 17, 2019

Links Related to Botany Bootcamp

Easy to understand illustrated list by Lena Strewe of Rutgers University. This is the handout we worked of of.

Full on University of Wisconsin course on plant identification and classification.
Very browsable (but somewhat out of date) list orders, families, genus and species with example photographs. Also includes usefull family key.
Gives you an idea of when plants evolved and what they are related to.
You can go through to genus starting from the kingdom Plantae.
Read the history of European plant classification.
Review terms you already know and learn new ones.
Part of http://waynesword.palomar.edu/index.htm, a great site for plant science and botanical ‘gee-wizz’ facts.
If it isn’t on this list, it isn’t. Includes links to online herbariums and the International Plant Name Index.
Another interactive key for finding families; a little easier to use than the one on plantsystemics.org
Mostly good for grasses
More of a poster that has some of the most common families identified by ovary position.

Friday, October 4, 2019

October 12th, 2019 Botany Boot Camp

Below is a list of most of plant families we'll be covering at this year's Botany Boot Camp.


8 Most Common Families of Plants at the 
LAABG
FAMILY
Count of Unique&nbsp Accessions
ORCHIDACEAE
3630
MYRTACEAE
1560
LILIACEAE
1104
FABACEAE
903
ARECACEAE
899
LAMIACEAE
844
ASPHODELACEAE
625
ROSACEAE
603

Books and Items Suggested for Botany Boot Camp:



  • How to Identify Plants by H.D. Harrington. An oldie but a goody. Fairly easy to thumb through in the field. 
  • 10X through 30X Illuminated Jeweler's Loupe  These should cost no more than $20. 
  • Pack of moist towelettes (keeps those plant induced rashes at bay). 
  • Pack of single sided razors

From YouTube:
Maps to Plants in Some of the Families Covered