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1 Master Naturalist Plant ID Fabaceae Family Characteristics Herbs shrubs or trees; flowers zygomorphic; leaves compound; fruit a legume or loment. Fruit a legume, sessile, pods widely spreading, curved, glabrous or nearly so. Leaves alternate, ternately compound, palmate, stipulate; leaflets with entire margins. Banner or Standard Calyx Inflorescence a raceme; flowers zygomorphic, papilionaceous; petals 5, yellow; stamens 10, distinct. Wing Golden banner (Thermopsis divaricarpa) Herbaceous, perennial with showy flowers; blooms April-June. Keel

2 B.S. Rangeland Ecology concentration Restoration Ecology Master Naturalist Current State President CSU Extension NPM Instructor Current Forensic Botanist 2013 (11) - Current

3 I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars. _- Walt Whitman prairie Junegrass (Koeleria macrantha)

4 Master Naturalist Plant ID Vegetation in the Natural Areas Common vs. Latin Names Terminology Dichotomous Keys Plant Jeopardy

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6 Thelesperma filifolium stiff greenthread Soapstone Prairie 2015

7 State Records Lysimachia thyrsiflora (1903 in State) Eleocharis atropurpurea Only 1 other Record Azolla mexicana Liatris ligulistylis Aristida basiramea Calystegia sepium Cyperus squarrosus Lobelia siphilitica var. ludoviciana Vegetation in Natural Areas CFC Species of Interest (SOI) Rare Plants 156 (SOI) in Natural Areas 57 Threatened and Endangered 2 Species tracked by CNHP 101 (27) State records (current)* 2 County records (current)* 23 Endemic Physaria bellii 1 Only found in Larimer County Besseya wyomingensis Only 1 other record for County Only 1 other record for State 1 *Herbaria records that are 30 years or older are considered historic populations. 1 7 County Records Acorus calamus (1972) Agalinis tenuifolia Anagallis minima (Weld) Ammannia robusta Spiranthes diluvialis Gaura neomexicana ssp. coloradensis Carex atherodes Carex crawei Cyperus bipartitus Cyperus lupulinus Dichanthelium acuminatum (1890) in Larimer Lemna minuta Lipocarpha aristulata (1893) in Larimer Marsilea vestita Oligoneuron album (1898) Larimer Pediomelum esculentum Penstemon eriantherus Ribes americanum Ruppia cirrhosa Sporobolus heterolepis Stephanomeria runcinata Triodanis leptocarpa Wolffia columbiana

8 Vegetation in Natural Areas Top 10 Best Condition Rate Natural Area Score 1 Soapstone Prairie Pineridge Gateway Bobcat Ridge Reservoir Ridge Cathy Fromme Prairie Coyote Ridge Maxwell Redtail Grove McMurry Ponds 38.85

9 Vegetation in Natural Areas Top 10 Worst Condition Rate Natural Area Score 1 Williams Fischer Coterie Eagle View Cottonwood Hollow Fossil Creek Reservoir Pelican Marsh Prospect Ponds Springer Arapaho Bend 31.83

10 Vegetation in Natural Areas Top 10 for Diversity Rate Natural Area # of Species 1 Soapstone Prairie Gateway Reservoir Ridge Coyote Ridge Bobcat Ridge Cathy Fromme Prairie Pineridge Kingfisher Point Arapaho Bend McMurry Ponds 138

11 Approx. 3,322 species 143 families (18 Big,~75%) Families end in aceae ASTERACEAE FABACEAE BRASSICACEAE

12 Family In Colorado East Slope to 6,800 ft. In Natural Areas % Asteraceae - Aster % Poaceae - Grass % Fabaceae - Pea % Brassicaceae - Mustard % Cyperaceae - Sedge % Plantaginaceae - Plantain % Polygonaceae - Buckwheat % Rosaceae - Rose % Boraginaceae - Borage % Caryophyllaceae - Pink % Chenopodiaceae - Goosefoot % Ranunculaceae - Buttercup % Onagraceae Evening primrose % Polemoniaceae - Phlox % Apiaceae - Carrot % Salicaceae - Willow % Juncaceae - Rush % Lamiaceae Mint % Euphorbiaceae - Spurge %

13 I call ALL plants Opuntia polyacantha. - Kimberly Frasier, Master Naturalist, 2007 prickly pear (Opuntia polyacantha)

14 But Crystal Common Names are easier to remember At least 84 known common names in English Stinking orache Garden orache Jack go to bed at noon Welcome home husband Kiss me over the garden gate No matter how drunk ye be Ramping fumitory Butter and eggs Lambquarters Shaggy dwarf morning glory Chamisso sedge Smallflower halfchaff sedge Viola nuttallii Nuttall s viola

15 Asparagus Chrysanthemum Aster Coleus Cosmos Delphinium Geranium Zinnia Rhododendron Magnolia Fuchsia Petunia Begonia

16 Origin of Latin Names COMMEMORATIVE HABIT Thomas Nuttall Viola nuttallii GROWTH FORM Thermopsis montana of mountains Photo by Paul Sheri Hagwood. USDI Bureau of Land Management MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURE Mahonia repens creeping Thermopsis divaricarpa spreading fruit

17 SCIENTIFIC NAMES Genus + specific epithet = Species Name Thermopsis divaricarpa A. Nelson Thermos= lupine opsis= appearance Spreading fruit

18 Working in Russia Illustrated identification guide of the Perm Region plants // S.A. Ovesnov, E.G. Efimik, T.V. Kozminykh et al.; ed. by S.A. Ovesnov. Perm: Book world, p. Erodium cicutarium

19 Every project, every analysis, and every compilation of diversity begins with one thing the identification of the species around us. Jennifer Ackerfield, Flora of Colorado

20 Couplet 1a. Plant reproduces by spores, never having true flowers or seeds Fern and Fern Allies 1b. Plants having true seeds, with flowers or cones; gymnosperms and angiosperms (2) From Flora of Colorado, Jennifer Ackerfield 2015

21 MAJOR GROUPS Fern & Fern Allies Gymnosperms Angiosperms

22 SPORE SEED Ferns & Fern Allies Gymnosperms (cones) Angiosperms (ovary & flowers)

23 DURATION ANNUAL - Lives for one year or less. - Puts energy into seed production. PERENNIAL -Lives longer than three years. - Puts energy into root system and seed production. BIENNIAL -Typically lives for two years. - Puts energy into seed production. CHEATGRASS (Bromus tectorum) LEAFY SPURGE (Euphorbia esula) TEN PETAL MENTZELIA (Mentzelia decapetala)

24 Parallel veination 3-merous COTYLEDON meaning LEAF Netlike veination 4- or 5-merous Mariposa lily (Calochortus gunnisonii) Showy milkweed (Asclepias speciosa)

25 WOODY GRASSES TREES SHRUBS VINES CACTUS HERBACEOUS GRASSES HERBS VINES FORBS Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) Sidebells penstemon (Penstemon secundiflorus) Wood s rose (Rosa woodsii) Gaillardia (Gaillardia aristata)

26 Stems LENTICLES TERMINAL BUD LATERAL BUD NODE Resin Dots Thorns Hairs Pith INTERNODE Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa)

27 Leaf Scar Bundle Scar Bud Scale (margin) Stipule Flower and Vegetative Buds Plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides ssp. monolifera)

28 Coyote Willow (Salix exigua) ALTERNATE 1 LEAF PER NODE Cranberry bush (Viburnum sp.) OPPOSITE 2 LEAVES PER NODE Common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) SUB- OPPOSITE

29 SIMPLE Single segment COMPOUND Two or more segments American plum (Prunus americana) Mountain ash (Sorbus scolpulina)

30 Apex Midvein Blade Leaf Margin Base Petiole American plum (Prunus americana)

31 Illustrations by Crystal Strouse

32 Illustrations by Crystal Strouse

33 Illustrations by Crystal Strouse

34 Illustrations by Crystal Strouse

35 Leaflet Rachis Petiole Wood s rose (Rosa woodsii) Stipule

36 Illustrations by Kathryn E. Simpson. Vascular Plant Familes by James Payne Smith Jr. Thrice Palmately Compound Ternate Biternate Pinnately Trifoliate Trifoliate Odd Pinnate Even Pinnate Bipinnate Tripinnate

37 Yucca (Yucca glauca) PARALLEL Golden currant (Ribes aureum) PALMATE Mountain ash (Sorbus scolpulina) PINNATE American plum (Prunus americana)

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39 ACTINOMORPHIC RADIAL ZYGOMORPHIC BILATERAL Ball cactus (Pediocactus simpsonii) Large beardtongue (Penstemon grandiflorus)

40 Parts of a Flower Petals (Corolla) Receptacle Sepals (Calyx) Peduncle Perianth

41 Parts of a Flower Anther Filament Stigma Style Ovary Stamens Male Carpels Female

42 CORYMB New Jersey tea (Ceanothus herbaceous) SPIKE Fourwing saltbrush (Atriplex canescens) RACEME Chokecherry (Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa) CATKIN Coyote willow (Salix exigua) FASCICLE Mountain mahogany (Cercocarpus montanus) CORYMB OF HEADS CYME SOLITARY Rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosus) Virgin s bower (Clematis ligusticfolia) Ball cactus (Pediocactus simpsonii)

43 Mountain mahogany (Cercocarpus montanus) ACHENE Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menzieii) CONE Yucca (Yucca glauca) CAPSULE Hackberry (Celtis reticulata) DRUPE Rocky Mtn. maple (Acer glabrum) SAMARA Goldenbanner (Thermopsis divaricarpa) LEGUME Thimbleberry (Rubus deliciosus) AGGREGATE

44 Master Naturalist Plant ID Fabaceae Family Characteristics Herbs, shrubs or trees; flowers zygomorphic; leaves compound; fruit a legume or loment. Fruit a legume, sessile, pods widely spreading, curved, glabrous or nearly so. Leaves alternate, ternately compound, palmate, stipulate; leaflets with entire margins. Banner or Standard Calyx Inflorescence a raceme; flowers zygomorphic, papilionaceous; petals 5, yellow; stamens 10, distinct. Wing Golden banner (Thermopsis divaricarpa) Herbaceous, perennial with showy flowers; blooms April-June. Keel

45 Helpful Hints! Learn Your Plant Families Photographs, Line Drawings Look at Many Parts Take Multiple Keys Key Backwards Local Herbaria Bring a Friend Ring Binding Read the Entire Couplet Try Again!

46 Humans Out and Animals In Collecting Plants is Illegal Start Preparing Early Walk Your Route and Tag Plants Be Certain of Your ID Stay On Trail Scientific Names or Not?

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