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Plant identification workshop for beginners…
You will learn to use one of our Newcomb field guides to identify herbaceous plants in the Kawarthas.
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1) Determine the 3 digit group
number
2) Using the Locator key
Overview-Use Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide to identify flowering plants
in two steps
Range
Lots of detailed
diagrams to help
with identification
1.Flower shape
2.Where the leaves are on the stem
3.Shape and types of leaves
3 digit Group Number
Irregular flower 1
2 Regular parts 2
3 Regular parts 3
4 Regular parts 4
5 Regular parts 5
6 Regular parts 6
7 or more Regular parts 7
Parts Indistinguishable 8
No Apparent leaves 1
Basal leaves 2
Alternate leaves 3
Opposite or whorled 4
Shrub 5
Vine 6
Plant type
Flower type
No Apparent leaves 1
Leaves Entire 2
Leaves toothed or lobed 3
Leaves divided 4
Leaf type
To determine the group number, you look at three physical characteristics
How to describe a flower-
Working from the outside towards the centre the 4 whorls are:
Sepal, Petal, Stamen and Pistil.
Locate these parts on the flower diagram below:
Flower 1
Flower 2
Mirror image on both sides
Radiate from center out
Flower 3
What types of symmetry are here?
Flower Type
1. Irregular Flowers
2. Flowers with 2 Regular Parts
3. Flowers with 3 Regular Parts
4. Flowers with 4 Regular Parts
5. Flowers with 5 Regular Parts
6. Flowers with 6 Regular Parts
7. Flowers with 7 or more Regular Parts
8. Flowers Parts Indistinguishable
Flower 4
In Newcomb field guide, flowers are divided into
8 types. Each time is given a number.
Flower 5What flower types are here? What is the Newcomb flower
type number for each flower?
Flowers Parts considered Indistinguishable
Goldenrod
Aster
Flower 6
Plant type 1
Newcomb uses leave arrangement to
describe some of the plant types
Plant Type
1. Wildflowers with No Apparent Leaves
2. Wildflowers with Basal Leaves Only
3. Wildflowers with Alternate Leaves
4. Wildflowers with Opposite or Whorled Leaves
5. Shrub
6. Vines
In Newcomb field there are 6 plant types
and each type is given a number.
Plant type 2
Plant type 3What plant types are here? What is the Newcomb plant type
number for of the plants shown?
Shrub
Vine
Plant type 4
The last characteristics Newcomb uses is
leave type.
Leaf type 1
Leaf Type
1. No Apparent Leaves
2. Leaves Entire
3. Leaves Toothed or Lobed
4. Leaves Divided
Leaf type 2
Leaf type 3
Flower Type
1. Irregular Flowers
2. Flowers with 2 Regular Parts
3. Flowers with 3 Regular Parts
4. Flowers with 4 Regular Parts
5. Flowers with 5 Regular Parts
6. Flowers with 6 Regular Parts
7. Flowers with 7 or more Regular
Parts
8. Flowers Parts Indistinguishable
Plant Type
1. Wildflowers with No Apparent Leaves
2. Wildflowers with Basal Leaves Only
3. Wildflowers with Alternate Leaves
4. Wildflowers with Opposite or Whorled
Leaves
5. Shrub
6. VinesLeaf Type
1. No Apparent Leaves
2. Leaves Entire
3. Leaves Toothed or
Lobed
4. Leaves Divided
Putting it together- 3 digit locator number
Flower Type
1. Irregular Flowers
2. Flowers with 2 Regular Parts
3. Flowers with 3 Regular Parts
4. Flowers with 4 Regular Parts
5. Flowers with 5 Regular Parts
6. Flowers with 6 Regular Parts
7. Flowers with 7 or more Regular Parts
8. Flowers Parts Indistinguishable
Plant Type
1. Wildflowers with No Apparent Leaves
2. Wildflowers with Basal Leaves Only
3. Wildflowers with Alternate Leaves
4. Wildflowers with Opposite or Whorled Leaves
5. Shrub
6. Vines
Leaf Type
1. No Apparent Leaves
2. Leaves Entire
3. Leaves Toothed or Lobed
4. Leaves Divided
Group # 3,3,2
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Flower Type
1. Irregular Flowers
2. Flowers with 2 Regular Parts
3. Flowers with 3 Regular Parts
4. Flowers with 4 Regular Parts
5. Flowers with 5 Regular Parts
6. Flowers with 6 Regular Parts
7. Flowers with 7 or more Regular Parts
8. Flowers Parts Indistinguishable
Plant Type
1. Wildflowers with No Apparent Leaves
2. Wildflowers with Basal Leaves Only
3. Wildflowers with Alternate Leaves
4. Wildflowers with Opposite or Whorled Leaves
5. Shrub
6. Vines
Leaf Type
1. No Apparent Leaves
2. Leaves Entire
3. Leaves Toothed or Lobed
4. Leaves Divided
Group No. 5,4,2
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Flower Type
1. Irregular Flowers
2. Flowers with 2 Regular Parts
3. Flowers with 3 Regular Parts
4. Flowers with 4 Regular Parts
5. Flowers with 5 Regular Parts
6. Flowers with 6 Regular Parts
7. Flowers with 7 or more Regular Parts
8. Flowers Parts Indistinguishable
Plant Type
1. Wildflowers with No Apparent Leaves
2. Wildflowers with Basal Leaves Only
3. Wildflowers with Alternate Leaves
4. Wildflowers with Opposite or Whorled Leaves
5. Shrub
6. Vines
Leaf Type
1. No Apparent Leaves
2. Leaves Entire
3. Leaves Toothed or Lobed
4. Leaves Divided
Group No. 7, 3, 3
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