Friday, July 3, 2009

Bio 407/507 supplements



Acer macrophyllum



bark
blooming



fruits forming







Big-leaf maple


Alnus rubra












in bloom, the small cones are the female flowers, the catkins the male flowers




















Red Alder






Serviceberry














Columbine










Wild Ginger










lawn daisy, English daisy











Berberis nervosa




in bloom











inflorescence

































Dwarf Oregon grape
















Capsella bursa-pastoris


















gone to seed and beyond


















a young plant, just beginning to bolt



































clasping leaf




















flowers, stem and seed pod


















Shepherd's purse



















Claytonia perfoliata


















a whole stalk of flowers
(this may be a different variety)








































































the fruits of the variety with the long inflorescence















Claytonia siberica





































Candy flower

















Digitaria purpurea


see the stamens?








































































































Foxglove





















Conium maculatum




















sometimes the purple spotting on the stem is rather slight.



















the umbel in full bloom



















Corylus cornutus



























































hairs on the back of the leaf

















dry husk


















the female flower - this can be seen sometime between December and March, usually

















The male catkins






















Western hazelnut, or filbert
















Hawthorn - I think this is a different species that the one on the field trip


Notice the thorns




















Equisetum telematia









































The reproductive shoots, in early spring.
These are really juicy, by the way























Close up of the reproductive parts












































Young vegetative stalks - these are separate from the reproductive stalks, and come later.



















A bit older


Giant horsetail
















Galium aparine
those round things are the fruits





































notice the little hooks





















































Cleavers, or Bedstraw









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