| Log of Plants PBIO 109 - 2014 incompletely updated through Thursday July 3 more to do on data and images | ||
| This
              list is a record by day | ||
| Tuesday June 17 | Centennial Woods | |
|  | 1. touch-me-not Impatiens Balsaminaceae ~alternate simple leaves ~glaucous and glabrous | |
|    | 2. garlic mustard, Alliaria Brassicaceae (Cruciferae) | |
|  | 3. alternate-leaved dogwood,
            Cornus Cornaceae ~arcuate secondary veins, tertiary veins perpendicular to midrib | |
|  | 4. bedstraw, Galium Rubiaceae whorled leaves, climbs over other plants with stiff, downward-pointing hairs | |
|  | 5. celandine, Chelidonium Papaveraceae ~colored latex (only Papveraceae have colored latex in Vermont) ~alternate, pinnately compound leaves | |
| Wednesday, June 18 | Ethan Allen Park | |
|  | 6. wild ginger, Asarum Aristolochiaceae ~essential oils of the magnoliids ~flowers designed for carrion-beetle pollination ~seeds with arils for ant dispersal | |
|  | 7. jack-in-the-pulpit, Arisaema Araceae ~ one palmately compound leaf ~ inflorescence with a bract enclosing the flowers ~ plants male when young, female when older ~pollinated by small flies (fungus gnats, NOT carrion flies!_ | |
|  | 8. Desmodium (Hylodesmum) woodland tick-trefoil Fabaceae (Leguminosae) ~alternate. compound leaves with stipules | |
|  | 9. Parthenocissus, Virginia creeper Vitaceae ~ tendrils are transformed inflorescences at 180˚ from a leaf base. | |
|  | REVIEW WITH NEW PLANT: bloodroot, Sanguinaria
            Papaveraceae colored (orange-red) latex, fruit with arils dispersed by ants | |
| Thursday, June 19 | Rock Point | |
|  | 10. Hesperis Brassicaceae (Cruciferae) ~radially symmetrical corolla of four separate petals (perhaps a bit bilateral) | |
|  | 11.  Kolkwitzia Caprifoliaceae ~connate corolla with bilateral symmetry | |
|    | 12. goutweed, Aegopodium Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) ~five separate petals, radial symmetry, sepals five, almost reduced ~umbel inflorescence | |
|  | 13. Ammophila champlainensis Poaceae (Gramineae) ~stolons! ~Champlain Sea remnant, endangered in Vermont | |
|   | 14. Robinia Fabaceae (Leguminosae) perianth---- ~calyx of 5 sepals, bilaterally symmetrical, connate ~corolla bilaterally symmetrical, of five petals, 1 banner (separate) 2 wings (separate) 2 keels (fused) | |
| Monday, June 23 | Oakledge | |
|  | 15. staghorn sumac, Rhus Anacardiaceae ~DISC! ~separate stamen-bearing and pistil-bearing plants | |
|  | 16. buttercup, Ranunculus Ranunculaceae FAMILY: palmate leaf design many stamens no fusion in flower | |
|   | 17. columbine, Aquilegia Ranunculaceae FAMILY: palmate leaf design many stamens no fusion in flower | |
|  | 18. northern bush honeysuckle, Diervilla Caprifoliaceae FAMILY: corolla fused corolla symmetry bilateral stamens = petals | |
|  | 19. bluets, Houstonia Rubiaceae HETEROSTYLY! FAMILY: corolla fused corolla symmetry radial stamen = petals | |
| Tuesday June 24 | Colchester Bog | |
|   | 20.batard toadflax, Comandra SANTALACEAE ~stamens equal and opposite the tepals ~parasitic | |
|  | 21. pitcher plant, Sarracenia Sarraceniaceae | |
|  | 22. sheep laurel, Kalmia Ericaceae FAMILY ~connate corolla ~stamens teice the petals ~stamens porocidal | |
|  | ERICACEAE IN THE BOG | |
|  | 23. whorled loosestrife, Lysimachia
              quadrifolia PRIMULACEAE ~marginal vein conncts tips of secondaries ~stamens connate (the filmanets) ~stamens equal and opposite the petals ~superior ovary | |
| Wednesday, June 25 | Ethan Allen Homestead | |
|  | 24. henbane, Leonurus Lamiaceae (Labiatae) FAMILY square stems opposite leaves connate bilateral corolla stamens two or four (fewer than sepals) style forked ovary superior fruit of four small nuts | |
|  | 25. iris, Iris Iridaceae MONOCOT FEATURES parallel, close-set secondaries two whorls of three tepals FAMILY stamens three ovary inferior | |
|   | 26. the rose, Rosa Rosaceae KEY CHARACTERS FOR FAMILY stipules (right imagE) many stamens hypanthium | |
| Thursday June 26 | UVM | |
|  | 27. Oenothera, evening
            primrose Onagraceae ~parts in fours ~hypanthium ~inferior ovary | |
| 28. Potentilla, cinquefoil Rosaceae | ||
| Monday June 30 | Red Rocks Park | |
|  | 29. Geranium robertianum, Herb Robert Geraniaceae ~separate petals ~radial symmetry ~stamens twice the petals | |
|  | 30. Solanum dulcamara,
            bittersweet nightshade Solanaceae ~alternate leaves ~radial symmetry ~petals fused ~stamens adnate to the petals | |
| Tuesday July 1 | Canoe Trip! Lewis Creek and Lake
                Champlain | |
| fruits | ||
|  | 31. Sagittaria, arrowhead Alismataceae ~leaves with arcuate secondaries and well-developed tertiaries ~flower parts in threes (number of whorls unclear) ~stamens many ~the genus is monoecious, not the family | |
|  | 32. Amorpha Fabaceae (Leguminosae) ~alternate, ~pinnately compound leaves ~stipules ~banner (no wings or keels) ~10 stamens ~one simple pistil | |
| Gardner's Island restricted flora 33. Zanthoxylum, prickly ash Rutaceae | ||
|  | Gardner's Island restricted flora 34. Staphylea, bladdernut Staphylaeaceae | |
|  | Gardner's Island restricted flora 35. Taenidia, yellow pimpernel Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) threatened species, Vermont rules | |
|  | 36. Nymphaea, water lily Nymphaeaceae | |
|  | 37. Nuphar, spatterdock Nymphaeaceae | |
|  | 38. Butomus, flowering rush Butomaceae ~two whorls of three tepals ~nine stamens ~the protandrous flowers here are in their second, pistillate phase | |
| Wednesday July 2 | back to Ethan Allen Homestead | |
|  | 39. Lythrum, purple
            loosestrife Lythraceae ~hypanthium without stamens ~separate petals ~stamens twice the petals ~tristyly (heterostyly with three forms) | |
|  | 40. Acorus, sweetflag Acoraceae 41. Sparganium, bur-reed Sparganiaceae 42. Typha, cattail Typhaceae 43. Carex, sedge Cyperaceae 44. Phalaris, reed-canary grass Poaceae(Gramineae) 45. Glyceria, manna grass Poaceae (Gramineae) | |
| Thursday July 3 | Shelburne Bay Fishing Access | |
|  | 46. Asclepias, milkweed Apocynaceae ~opposite laves ~latex ~two separate ovaries ~connate corolla ~stamens = petals ~stamens adnate to petals THE GENUS HAS ~corona (a fancy disk) ~pollen in pollinia connected by translators to a bead | |
|   | 47. Cichorium, chicory Asteraceae (Compositae) ~connate corolla ~inferior ovary ~two-carpellate ~five connate anthers | |
|  | 48. Leucanthemum, ox-eye daisy Asteraceae (Compositae) ~white ray flowers(symmetry bilateral) ~yellow disk flowers (symmetry radial) | |