SF0 / detourwest / Cataloging Plants

25 points

Cataloging Plants by detour west

April 2nd, 2006 2:46 PM

INSTRUCTIONS: Identify the common and latin name of a plant or tree. Post a sign on or next to it. Submit a photo of your sign to the Biome group with the names and location of the plant in the following format:

common name: redwood tree
latin name: sequoia sempervirens
location: 20th st and mission st *

*(or 223 20th st) (or Lat/Long: 37.765 / -122.454)

extra points for native plants/trees.

For this task I took along my agriculture college student friend who was making a book of certain local plants. We went to the Idlewild Arboretum. She was looking for kinds of pine trees for a study book guide and I liked the buckwheat. The signs were already available to us, so I photographed em instead of making signs. As an apology to those who made the effort to make signs, I included a photo of tree SAP and a couple photos of birds including the flipped BIRD, to make up artistically what I lacked in ARTISTRY.

- smaller

Buckwheat

Common Name: Buckwheat Latin Name: Polygonacea - although by some botanists, the Buckwheat is separated from the Polygonums, receiving the name Fagopyrum esculentum (Moench). LOCATION: Idlewild Park Reno Buckwheat, a corruption of Boek-weit, the Dutch form of the name, adopted with its culture from the Dutch, meaning 'Beech-wheat' (German Buchweizen), a translation of the Latin name Fagopyrum (Latin fagus, a beech).

some random sap

SAP

Pine

Common Name: Limber Pine LAtin Name Pinus flexilis native to Western N America - a high mountain species

view of limber pine

the limber pine

lodgepole pine

tepee wood

lodgepole pine

Common Name: Lodgepole Pine Latin Name: pinus contorta is found in w. north america and was used by people to make tepees

BIRD

Robin

flipping a bird

Since this bird is sideways, i had to rotate this photo. therefore i have flipped for you, the bird.

lodgepole pine

deets on the tepee pole tree

View detour west's:

Cataloging Plants by detour west

0 vote(s)

Terms

0 comment(s)

Username:	Password:

New player? Sign Up Here