SLIDE 1
INTRODUCTION TO INTRODUCTION TO PLANT IDENTIFICATION
Why is it Important to Learn How to Identify p Plants? Is it nt to Learn it it Worth
h the Effort?
- The ability to know or identify a plant allows us
to assess many important variables in the plant life and environment that are critical to its proper management and care.
- It is one thing to be able to identify a plant and
quite another to know its use or values as it relates to our landscape environment.
- Once we understand the importance of knowing
- ur plants and how to use them in the
landscape, we must first be able to identify them. If you do not know the plant, you cannot do your job.
- Hand lens or magnifying glass – 2x, 3x, 5x
- Loop – 10x
- Dissecting kit
- Collecting bags – plastic or paper
- Hand shears, clippers, Snip-It
- Plant Press or magazine, book
- Labels with pencil
- Camera
- 3 X 5 index cards
H d l if i l 2 3 5
Helpful Tools to Use for Identifying Plants Plant Identification Resources
- Individuals that know their plants
- Botanical Gardens and Arboreta
- Nurseries and their catalogs
- Books
- Plant Societies
- Conferences and Trade Shows
- Internet/Apps--plant.id
Plant Taxonomy: the science that finds, describes, identifies, classifies, and names plants.
Two goals of plant taxonomy:
- Identification - determining identity of
unknown plant by comparison with previously collected specimens
- Classification - placing of known plants into
groups or categories to show some relationship
Classification System
Five Kingdom: Six Kingdom: Plantae Plantae Animalia Animalia Fungi Fungi Protista⁺ Protista Monera* Eubacteria Archaea
- Slime mo lds and alg ae
- *Bac te ria
Eukaryota Domain Bacteria Domain Achaea Domain