Taylor Bridge Flashcards
Northn Eastern BC vegetation
What Plant is this? what is an Identification feature?
Alfalfa- leaflets 3, elliptic-oblanceolate to lance-oblong
What Plant is this? what is an Identification feature?
Alfalfa- leaflets 3, elliptic-oblanceolate to lance-oblong
What Plant is this? what is an Identification feature?
Alpine meadow=foxtail
What Plant is this? what is an Identification feature?
Alpine meadow-foxtail- ligules finely erorded and irregulalary jagged.
What Plant is this? what is an Identification feature?
Alsike clover- note 3 leaflets finely toothed
What Plant is this? what is an Identification feature?
American Vetch, note compound leaf with several leaflets with the top having a tendril that wraps around plants.
What Plant is this? what is an Identification feature?
Arkansas rose- flower 5 petals and many stamen. Leaves on alternate side of stem
what tree is this bark similar to?
Balsam poplar bark
What leaf shape does this signify?
Balsam Poplar
What Plant is this? what is an Identification feature?
Baneberry- note toothed leaves
What Plant is this? what is an Identification feature?
Bear berry- dark green leaves that are paler unerneath, grows low to ground and urn shaped flowers.
What tree does this leaf belong to?
Birch
What Plant is this? what is an Identification feature?
Birch leaved spirea - alternate coarse double toothed.
What Plant is this? what is an Identification feature?
Black currant- note maple leaf shaped leaf with heart base
What Plant is this? what is an Identification feature?
Black gooseberry- note prickly stem
What Plant is this? what is an Identification feature?
Black twinberry- note opposite leaves
What Plant is this? what is an Identification feature?
Blue bur- often deciduous; stem leaves linear to narrowly oblong or oblanceolate, reduced upwards to the leafy,
What Plant is this? what is an Identification feature?
Bluejointed reed grass spring shoots. Note smooth nodes. narrower stems to reed canary grass
What Plant is this? what is an Identification feature?
Bluejointed reed grass- ligule
What Plant is this? what is an Identification feature?
Brittle prickly pear
What Plant is this? what is an Identification feature?
Bull thistle- note stem is not smooth compared to burdock
What Plant is this? what is an Identification feature?
Bunchberry- note whorled leaves
What Plant is this? what is an Identification feature?
Bunchberry- note whorled leaves
What Plant is this? what is an Identification feature?
Burdock- note smooth stem compared to bull thistle
What Plant is this? what is an Identification feature?
Canada Rice Grass - long awns that are twisted
What Plant is this? what is an Identification feature?
Canada Thistle- Note dandelion type seeds
What Plant is this? What is an Identification feature?
Canada thistle- note prickly spine and leaves of Canada thistle are lighter green in colour and relatively hairless in comparison to the dark green and very wooly leaves of bull thistle.
What Plant is this? What is an Identification feature?
Canada Violet- Note the purple backside of the flower petals. The backside of the flower is purple. This is a distinctive feature of Canada Violet.
What ligule does this plant belong to?
Canada wild rye
What Plant is this? What is an Identification feature?
Canada Wild Rye- bristly seed heads, which curve downward
What Plant is this? What is an Identification feature?
Canadian Milkvetch- note alternate comppound leaves
What Plant is this? What is an Identification feature?
Caragana- note pods
What Plant is this? What is an Identification feature?
Cheat Grass- long awns, jagged ligules
What Plant is this? What is an Identification feature?
Chokecherry- Chokecherry is a tall shrub with grayish to reddish colored bark with raised lines. The flowers are a creamy white color and hang in clusters best described by my wild edibles book as “forming bottlebrush like clusters
What Plant is this? What is an Identification feature?
Cleavers- Ivasive- often climbing other plants- whorled leaves
What Plant is this? What is an Identification feature?
Common Dandelion
What Plant is this? What is an Identification feature?
Common Horsetail- first leaves are circular
What Plant is this? What is an Identification feature?
Common Junegrass- unawned glumes
What Plant is this? What is an Identification feature?
Common Juniper- note blue fleshy like cones
What Plant is this? What is an Identification feature?
Common Milkwort- has narrow and pointed leaves that grow alternately up the stem
What Plant is this? What is an Identification feature?
Common Snowberry- note opposite leaves and white berries
What Plant is this? What is an Identification feature?
Common Snowberry- note opposite leaves and white berries
What Plant is this? What is an Identification feature?
Common Sweetgrass- note alternate leaves and vanilla type fragrance
What Plant is this? What is an Identification feature?
Cow Parsnip- note hairy stem
What type of willow is this? HINT yellowish bark
Coyote Willow- note catkins in photo
What kind of willow is this? HINT grows in shoots
Coyote willow
What Plant is this? What is an Identification feature?
Creamy Peavine- note pinnately compounds leaves with tendrils
What grass does this ligule belong to?
Crested wheatgrass or northern wheatgrass - recognized by its very short ligule
What Plant is this? What is an Identification feature?
Crested wheatgrass or northern wheat grass- spikelets usually evenly spaced like the teeth of a comb,
What Plant is this? What is an Identification feature?
Crested wheat grass or northern wheat grass- spikelets usually evenly spaced like the teeth of a comb
What Plant is this? What is an Identification feature?
Curly dock- note lancelote basal leaves. Invasive species
What Plant is this? What is an Identification feature?
Dalmation toadflax- note alternate leaves clasping to stem close together
What Plant is this? What is an Identification feature?
Davis Locoweed- Basal, odd-pinnately compound, 3-30 cm long; leaflets 7 to 35 or more- Perennial herb from taproot and branching stem-base- RARE PLANT IN NE BC
What Plant is this? What is an Identification feature?
Davis locoweed- basal odd pinnately compound leaves
What dead flowering plant is this?
Showy Aster
What Plant is this? What is an Identification feature?
Douglas Maple- note leaf shape and winged seeds
What Plant is this? What is an Identification feature?
Dryland Sedge- note 3 sided stem
What Plant is this? What is an Identification feature?
Dwarf blueberry- note alternate leaves
What Plant is this? What is an Identification feature?
Dwarf Blueberry- note alternate leaves
What Plant is this? What is an Identification feature?
Prairie Smoke- flowers grow in 3 long stalks.
What Plant is this? What is an Identification feature?
False Melic - spikelet’s with strong purple colouring, Blades are flat, folded lengthwise, or rolled up some along the edges.
What Plant is this? What is an Identification feature?
False Solomon- Note alternate leaves
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Fennel-leaved desert parsley
What Plant is this? What is an Identification feature?
Field Scabious -coarse toothed basal leaves