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FIELD BOTANY – Lecture 05 Dr. Donald P. Althoff LEC 05 Families – Part I.
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FIELD BOTANY – Lecture 05Dr. Donald P. Althoff
LEC 05
Families – Part I
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Botany in a Day Approach
• Looking for ___________• Wildflowers of North America by Venning is
organized by family• Recommends Plant Identification Terminology
by Harris and Harris (you have it)• http://www.wildflowers-and-weeds.com/Plant_Families/Plant_F
amilies_Index.html
has ID images by family…but mostly from Rocky Mtn. region
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Set I (________)• Mustard family
• Mint family
• Parsley family
• Pea family (Bean)
garlic mustard early winter cress
wild mintVirginia
mountain mint
wild parsnip
partridge pea
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Mustard Family
• TAXONICALLY: _______________(previously Cruciferae)
• annuals/biennal herbs and forbs• well know species: broccoli = cabbage =
cauliflower turnip = Chinese cabbagerapeseedcommon radishhorseradish
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Mustard Family flowering parts patterns
• Start from the outside and work in….• “outside” of flower: _______, usually green• there are ________typically arranged in “__”
or “__” pattern
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garlic mustard hairy rock cress
X – pattern H – pattern
previously __________ family…translates to “cross”
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Mustard Family “inside” flowering parts patterns
• _______—__ tall and __ short (surround pistil that is usually taller than the stamen)
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perennial pepperweed
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Mustard Family “key”
• _______________________—4 tall and 2 short
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garlic mustard (A)black mustard (A)white mustard (A)Indian mustard (A)field mustard (rape) (A)watercress Dame’s rocket (A)cuckcoo-flowershepard’s purse (A)pepperweeds (A)
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Dame’s rocket (A)
cut-leaved toothwort
field mustard (rape) (A) cuckcoo flower
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Mustard Family • All species of this family are _______…some
eat “fruit”, many eat the leaves.• Most species are considered ‘______’ (hence
the many “alien” species noted already)• Alien species do well at “_________” sites• _____ fast, _____________ in the growing
season…therefore ____ plants
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Mustard Family – seed/seedpod
mustard seed
Shepard’s purse
• Many shapes and sizes. Seed pods “spilt” open from both sides to expose a clear membrane in the middle.
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Mustard Family – seedpod
shepard’s purse peppergrass
• All seedpods come from _______ on the flower stalk.
garlic mustard
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Mustard Family – use your senses • Each has unique ______ and ______• General “mustardness”• Can ID as a family member by _________
leaves and smelling them
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Mint Family• TAXONICALLY: ___________
(previously Labiatae)• perennial herbs and forbs• well know species: wild mint
catnippurple dead-nettlehenbit peppermintlavender
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Mint Family stalk and leaf patterns
• Distinctive ________ stems• Simple, ________ leaves
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Mint Family stalk and leaf patterns
CROSS-SECTION: distinctive __________ stem, with small pith/hollowness
_________, simple leaves
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Mint Family seed capsule
Flower matures to a seed capsule containing 4 _______
Each nutlet contains __________ seeds
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Mint Family –senses & seasons• Each has unique _______ and ________• General “___________” quality to most
(exceptions include water-horehounds and bugleweeds)
• Some are C3 plants, some are C4 plants
ex.Heal-allHenbit
ex.wild mintbugleweedwater-horehound
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Mint Family “key”
• Square stalks/stems, opposite leaves, often aromatic Virginia mountain
wild mintwhite dead-nettle (A)purple giant hyssopcurled mint (A)peppermint (A)spearmint (A)rough hedge-nettlegill-over-the-ground (A) (= ground ivy)
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Mint Family flowering parts patterns
• ___________: __ long, __ short
• ___________: __ lobes up and __ down
• ____________
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Mint Family flowering parts patterns
• 5 united petals: 2 lobes up and 3 down
4 stamens: 2 long, 2 short
Note: ____________
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common dittany Virginia mountain mint
blue giant hyssop
catnip
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Bee-balm = Oswego tea
Note: _________
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Mint Family – use your senses
• Each has unique taste and smell• General “mint-ness” from volatile oils
(concentrated hydrophobic liquid)• Can ID as a family member by crushing leaves
and stalk and dried flowers…and smelling them
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Parsley (Carrot) Family• TAXONICALLY: __________
(previously Umbelliferae)• annual, biennial, perennial herbs and forbs• well know species:
poison hemlock (A)caraway (A)wild carrot
(Queen Anne’s lace)(A)yellow pipernel
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• Distinctive ____________ consisting of umbellets
Parsley Family flower head patterns
All stems of flower cluster radiate from __________ at end of stalk
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All stems of flower cluster radiate from single point at end of stalk
poison hemlock
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Parsley Family key ID: “the single point” + umbel
All stems of flower cluster radiate from _________ at end of stalk
common yarrow
> _ pt.
> _ pt.
Queen Anne’s lace
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• Distinctive _____________• Most species…especially two of the most
dangerous: ___________ and _______ __________
Parsley Family stem patterns
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• Many are invasive (Queen Anne’s lace, poison hemlock)
• Many do well in “moist” waste areas (ex. poison hemlock and water hemlock)
• Some are C3 plants, some are C4 plants
Parsley Family Miscellaneous
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• Some edible, some not (i.e. poisonous)• _____________ of some can be lethal• Some can case __________ by touching
Parsley Family cautions!
wild parsnip
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Bean (Pea) Family• TAXONICALLY: ____________
(previously Leguminosae)• annual, biennial, perennial herbs, forbs, & trees• well know species: wild blue indigo
beans wild alfalfalocust (black & honey)vetch clover (red, white, etc.)
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• _________ flowers• __ petals form distinctive _______, ______,
and _____—keel consist of 2 fused petals (for most)
Bean Family flower head patterns
keel
wings
banner
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crimson clover
red clover
Difficult to see the banner-wing-keel design “details” for some species with a very close look—mainly due to _________ flower size!
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• ________ pods• Often with _________ divided leaf with many
smaller leaflets
Bean Family pods design
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garden variety peas Kentucky coffee tree
alfalfa
wildblue
indigo
As __________ they form a pea-like pod. Seeds found within the seed pod.
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partridge pea American hog peanut
alfalfa
Pinnately compound leaves
alfalfa
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__________ _________
panicled tick-trefoil
sessile slender bush
red
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• Legumes = nitrogen fixers. Most welcome in most instances. Traditional grain crop rotation used to be:
corncornbeans…back to corn
• Some are invasive (see next slide)• Some are C3 plants, some are C4 plants
Bean (pea) Family Miscellaneous
ex.alfalfapeasclovers
ex.tickseedssoybeansA. hogpeanut
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________________= Chinese lespedezaLespedeza cuneata
Highly _______ in prairie /
pasture habitat
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• ________ (i.e., quasi-subfamily designation)• 8 tribes total• Clover-like species in clover tribe (one genus:
Trifolium = ________________)• Bean-like species in bean tribe
Bean Family Taxonomically-speaking
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Next time…
• Lily• Mallow• Aster
• Poaceae (again)
Botany in a Day
…con’t