School Assignment: Could anyone help me ID these plants?

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    need these species identification for an assignment, can't seem identify these on the internet. Thanks in advance
     

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    oops. I'll post them in 3-5 per thread next time
     
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    wow thank you
     
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    I was a teacher many years ago, I hope you give credit where credit is due when you hand in your assignment!
     
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    I think I see a pine, a willow, and a vetch. You can figure out which ones.
     
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    3. Capsella bursa-pastoris
    4. Vaccinium sp.
    5. Ulmus sp.
    7. Muscari sp.
    9. Equisetum (arvense?)
     
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    Michael F Paragon of Plants Forums Moderator 10 Years

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    Top row, middle = a pine, most likely Red Pine Pinus resinosa.
    4th row, left = Field Horsetail Equisetum arvense.
    5th row, middle = a spruce, most likely Norway Spruce Picea abies.
    5th row, right = a dwarf Rhododendron.
    6th row, right = a species of grass, possibly Cоck's-foot Dactylis glomerata (it'll be easier when the flowerhead emerges).
     
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    yes definitely
    ill include this site in my bibliography
    thanks for all the information guys !:)
     
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    If I was your teacher I would give you bonus marks for using what ever sources are out here for gathering your information. Technology has certainly come along way since I was in front of a classroom.
     
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    Liz Well-Known Member 10 Years

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    That always helps, the picture that is :))

    Mine are just a guess. Re the ginko I had just passed my potted young ones and it sort of set me off in that direction. When you do these assignments what is it that they are trying to teach you? Reason for asking is that we get quiet a few queries in a year like yours. Do you have to document where you find them and do you aways have a full pic of plant in situ?

    liz
     
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    haha exactly, the objective of the project is to find and dry plants which belong in several categories and press them+ identify them
    hmmm.. my gymnosperms aren't drying too well.. and some of my angiosperms are rotting..

    dang.. never took a picture of the entire plant of #8
     
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    Michael F Paragon of Plants Forums Moderator 10 Years

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    You might want to add a fern (Pteridophyta), and maybe a moss. Perhaps even a seaweed if the sea is near by.

    With Gymnosperms, it is best to get a cone or two to help with identification, though they don't press easily of course. And to diversify the families, a cypress or similar to add Cupressaceae to your current pair (both in Pinaceae).

    Can you get a new photo of #2 in sharper focus? I'm thinking not Red Pine after all, more likely European Black Pine Pinus nigra. But the pic is too blurred to be sure. Add a cone too if you can.
     
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    haha yeah in actual fact.. ive got, two types of algae
    3 types of ferns
    suppoedly 5 gymnosperms..and. supposedly 9 angiosperms and a moss.. except
    i have no idea what genus my moss is in.. i think ill post that up
    but yeah... wow both european black and red look EXTREMELY similar.. wonder how to tell them apart.. and i dont really remember where i got them either ><so i think ill have to pass on getting the cones
     
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    Yep! Most easily told by their cones (European Black Pine has larger cones 6-10cm long and yellow-buff when ripe; Red Pine smaller cones 4-7cm long and nut-brown when ripe) and bark (grey in EBP, orange-red in RP). Both have needles in pairs and about the same length. Some books claim RP has more brittle needles (more easily snapped by bending) than EBP, but that one doesn't work well.
     

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