{"id":580,"date":"2017-08-18T15:08:49","date_gmt":"2017-08-18T15:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sweetgum.nybg.org\/science\/projects\/wlt\/?page_id=580"},"modified":"2018-11-20T19:46:55","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T19:46:55","slug":"identification-aids","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sweetgum.nybg.org\/science\/projects\/wlt\/identification-aids\/","title":{"rendered":"Identification Aids For Flowering plants"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Authors: S.A. Mori, M. Rothman & R.F. Naczi<\/p>\n

This page provides PDFs of\u00a0 Powerpoint presentations designed to\u00a0help visitors to the Preserve identify species based on\u00a0easy-to-see characters and the time of the year that they flower or fruit.<\/p>\n

HERBACEOUS PLANTS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to see a PDF about the Araceae (skunk cabbage and jack-in-the pulpit) in the Preserve. These two species flower in the Spring and have an unusual inflorescence called a spadix<\/a>. The third species of\u00a0Araceae in the Preserve is the duckweed (Lemna perpusilla<\/em>). It\u00a0is a floating aquatic, flowers infrequently, and does not have its flowers in\u00a0a spadix.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to see a PDF of the four plant species known to lack chlorophyll (beech drops, dodder, Indian pipe, and pinesap) in the Preserve,<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to see a PDF of herbaceous plants that flower before the end of June and have yellow petals.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to see a PDF of herbaceous plants that flower before the end of June and have white petals.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to see a PDF of herbaceous plants that flower before the end of June and have green petals.<\/p>\n

Click here\u00a0<\/a>to see a PDF of herbaceous plants that have red petals during the entire growing season.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to see a PDF of herbaceous plants that flower before June and have pink petals..<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to see a PDF of herbaceous plants that flower before June and have lavender, blue, or purple petals.<\/p>\n

SHRUBS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to see a PDF about shrubs with pinnately compound leaves (only Sambucus<\/em> and Staphylea<\/em>\u00a0in the Preserve).<\/p>\n

TREES<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to see a PDF about the Fagaceae\u00a0 (the oaks and their relatives) found in the Preserve.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a>\u00a0to see a PDF about the Betulaceae (the alders, birches, musclewood, and hop-hornbeam) in the Preserve.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to see a PDF about species of trees in the Preserve with pinnately compound leaves.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to see a PDF about species of trees in the Preserve with opposite, simple leaves.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Authors: S.A. Mori, M. Rothman & R.F. Naczi This page provides PDFs of\u00a0 Powerpoint presentations designed to\u00a0help visitors to the Preserve identify species based on\u00a0easy-to-see characters and the time of the year that they flower or fruit. HERBACEOUS PLANTS Click … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-fullwidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sweetgum.nybg.org\/science\/projects\/wlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/580"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sweetgum.nybg.org\/science\/projects\/wlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sweetgum.nybg.org\/science\/projects\/wlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sweetgum.nybg.org\/science\/projects\/wlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sweetgum.nybg.org\/science\/projects\/wlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=580"}],"version-history":[{"count":303,"href":"https:\/\/sweetgum.nybg.org\/science\/projects\/wlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1130,"href":"https:\/\/sweetgum.nybg.org\/science\/projects\/wlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/580\/revisions\/1130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sweetgum.nybg.org\/science\/projects\/wlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}