Woodlands |
Grasslands | |
Glossary:
Plant Parts |
Flowers |
Leaves
Monocots | Liliaceae | Other Monocot spp. | | Dicots | Ranunculaceae | Other Dicot spp.
Leaves have very useful taxonomic characters
From: Peterson and McKenny, A Field Guide to Wildflowers, 1968, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston
Arrangement
· Alternate
· Opposite
· Whorled
Type
· Simple
· Compound
Margin
· Entire
· Toothed
· Lobed
Texture
· Membranous
· Leathery
Surface
· Smooth
· Hairy