need these species identification for an assignment, can't seem identify these on the internet. Thanks in advance
1. Looks like Kerria japonica pleniflora. Common name Double Kerria. http://images.google.com/images?hl=...japonica pleniflora&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi http://images.google.com/images?hl=...japonica pleniflora&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi
I was a teacher many years ago, I hope you give credit where credit is due when you hand in your assignment!
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).
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.
#7 Grape hyacinths 3 row 2nd in. ?????????????? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grape_hyacinth Could #6 be a eucalyptus of some sort. #8 Ginkgo biloba???????????? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginkgo_biloba
thanks for the info! hmm.. i don tthink #8 is a ginkgo because i got it from a low growing bush of some sort ill see if i took a picture of the entire plant and post it up
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
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
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.
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
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.