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:

• (Bushcraft skills) Patterns method of plant identification(Summary and Application).
• How To Identify A Plant
• Botany in a Day Tutorial (46 mins) The Patterns Method of Plant Identification
• Lecture 1 Botanical Nomenclature
• Episode 1: Introduction to Plant Identification
• Techniques in Plant ID
• PI006 Using Photography for Plant Identification
• Wildlife for Lunch - Plant ID for the Outdoorsman
• Plant Identification
• Peter Belhumeur: Lessons from Photographing and Identifying the World's Plant Species
• Plant Morphology - Plant Identification

Maps to Plants in Some of the Families Covered

Rosaceae: 

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1rinT7jNAFDBmey0Zeedpsz1-nmo&usp=sharing

Fabaceae: 

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1rlPROaMBWR5IUbM0xNqDf6gDE88&usp=sharing

Myrtaceae: 

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1RUa8jE6AQ564c0GhlJ-zZv6hxFA&usp=sharing