I’m starting to get better at recognizing plants I’ve seen before, but it is still hard to identify them, unless there happens to be a good picture in my field guide to wildflowers. I was hoping to find a database that would let me put in plant characteristics, and then give me some name possibilities. Unfortunately, all of the internet databases I’ve found so far work the other way, where you put in the name, and they give you the characteristics.
I think one way to go is to learn more about the plant family
characteristics, and how plants are classified in the first place.
Consequently, I was pleased to find
this
page, which discusses the characteristics of several plant families.
posted at 11:39 on Sun, 10 Jul, 2005 |
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