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4 responses to “Basic Botany Class”
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The basiccourse gave me an excellent start to knowing how to identify flowering plants by their characteristics. I especially enjoyed the illustrations and step-by-step guidance on what to look for in a plant.i can see how this would be a tremendous help to anyone, from a backyard gardener to a serious forager. Looking forward to the next level.
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I went through the class the other night and allow me to say, BRAVO!! It was certainly good as a refresher and I even had some ahha moments – never even thought much about basil being in the mint family or that strawberries are in the rose family. Over my many years of plant ID, I am so used to using the keys I have in my many plant books, that I found this to be quite intriguing. Well done! I would highly recommend!
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Hi and thank you for creating this course. I am looking forward to using your method to get better acquainted with the plants in my area. I have a pretty floral notebook I want to use as a botany journal. I added stick-on alphabet tabs to organize it. I like that my notebook is small and portable, like your address book. Now that I’ve got that ready, how do you suggest I start?
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That’s great Michele! I’m so excited for you! I’d suggest that you start with a plant that you know. Research the plant family that it is in and what other plants are related to it. Likely there are many that you are familiar with that you don’t realize are in the same plant family. From there, you can start taking notes on those plants that grow near you noting where and when you find them, what characteristics you observe, and even making sketches of what you see. Drawing the plants will just cement that features (petals, sepals, stamens, pistils, leaves, etc) that give you the keys to it’s identification. I hope you have lots of fun as you learn, and please post pictures of the plants that you find on social media and either tag me or use the hashtag #plantidexpert so that I can see what you are finding and give you feedback. 🙂
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