Wildflowers of Eastern Washington State...

[Dr Satan]

these are some of the plants i collected last spring for a class. they are all wild plants... i had to collect, identify, and press these.

black locust... legume family (pea family)



fairy bell... lily family



Henbit Deadnettle... mint family




grass-widows... iris family



silver-leaf phacelia... water leaf family



common death camas (extremely poisonous)... lily family



False Solomon's seal... lily family.



clasping pepperweed - mustard family



smooth horsetail - horsetail family (this family was on of the first terrestrail plants)



heart leaf arnica - sunflower family



yellow mission bells - lily family



dalmation toadflax (invasive species) - scrophulariaceae family



Gorman's Biscuitroot - parsley family




you can search these plant from this link and learn more about them!

http://biology.burke.washington.edu/...collection.php

[tigerlily]

Neat project and cool pics. What grade did you get on your project?

[Dr Satan]

Neat project and cool pics. What grade did you get on your project?

i got an A+ on my plant collection... and a solid B in the class.

we had three tests, for each test there were three sections:

3 plant ID (use book to key out plant species)
20 sight ID (know family, genus and species from memory)
5 family ID (know family from memory)

we covered about twenty different families... most of the families have hundreds of species.

field botony (plant identification) is a really cool class, i learned a lot and would recommend this class to anyone!!!

[tigerlily]

I'm glad you did so well on your project. It looks wonderful, and it's even better that you got so much our of the class.

[Dr Satan]

I'm glad you did so well on your project. It looks wonderful, and it's even better that you got so much our of the class.

thanks!!! i was looking at your profile... are you still into inverts?

[tigerlily]

thanks!!! i was looking at your profile... are you still into inverts?

My mom had 5 Ts while we were growing up, and I did manage a doctoral students lab, but I've never kept inverts myself. I'd love to have a millipede, and I've toyed with the idea of keeping a T for my son. Unfortunately, my husband draws the line there. I'm happy to have my snakes so I don't plan on pushing the issue unless my son decides he'd like one later on.

[Dr Satan]

thats cool... i am thinking of taking freshwater invert zoology this spring.

[tigerlily]

Sounds pretty cool, and likely that you will get to do some more field work. I took a genetics lab, where we worked with fruit flies the entire time. Trying to get our virgin flies and mating them was a pain in the tush. Although I have to say that made it much easier to understand all the snake genetics.

What's your favorite course so far?

[Dr Satan]

Sounds pretty cool, and likely that you will get to do some more field work. I took a genetics lab, where we worked with fruit flies the entire time. Trying to get our virgin flies and mating them was a pain in the tush. Although I have to say that made it much easier to understand all the snake genetics.

What's your favorite course so far?

its hard to pick a favorite... i think the coolest thing is after you've taken a lot of classes, they all start to make the big picture become more clear.

as far as spending time in the field, this is what its all about for me.

[tigerlily]

I couldn't agree more.

I loved the time I got to spend on Calvert Cliffs searching for fossils, or the time I spent in the fields (behind the breeding facility for the Whooping Cranes - and yes they come by their name honestly!) collecting plans or bugs. Some of my most peaceful and fulfilling moments. Of course I almost got stuck in the marsh, had a black rat snake come close to making it's way into my boots, and had the bageezus scared out of me when I disturbed a young fawn's resting place.