Plant identification? Or any How To tips for a numpty!

 
Hello, I hope you all don't think I'm too cheeky for this!

I have to do a survey of plant diversity for a University project, sadly
plants are not my strong point and I'm struggling with my id!


I have a few id books, and could identify some of what I came across but
I have several which I am struggling with!


If anyone could tell me what they are I would be eternally grateful! Or
any tips on how better to identify the plants, most of the books seem to
rely on me being able to narrow it down to family etc! Any websites or
anything which may be of help...


Feel free to sod off if you think I'm pushing my luck ;) Thank you :)

The plants...

The one with the black stripe?!
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I really really should know this one but my mind is blank!
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Thank you for any help :)

Hmm, thought I'd worked out to post photos rather than links but clearly
not! Sorry!




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Tinkerbee

 wrote:

Any good book on British wild flowers should help you identify most of
those
Try
Culpepper's Complete Herbal
Collins Complete Guide - British Wild

 @gardenbanter.co.uk says...

  I've looked at the pics.  All you need to ID them, is a simple laymans
illustrated book of the common wild plants of Britain. Any public library
should have one.

  I am not going to do your assignment for you because that's not what
university education is about.

  Janet.

 


""" sadly plants are not my strong point and I'm struggling with my id!"""

Considering the above, is   "" I am not going to do your assignment for you
because that's not what university education is about."" called for.

In the words of one of the past urg trolls who reputedly played the pink
oboe ....   "I think not"

Mike


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Tinkerbee;918805 Wrote:

Seems crazy that they are requiring you to do a plant diversity survey
if you don't have the id skills - is this because your brain was
switched off during the relevant lectures, or haven't they taught you?
If the latter you need a work-around:
a) if it's diversity you're studying, you only need to know how many
species you have, and their relative abundance, you don't really need to
know what they are!
b) ask the college to help team you with someone who does have the plant
knowledge - you'd need to work out a MO wich meant you both benefitted.


an article in there about getting started on learning how to id, also a
reference to the author's book on the subject.

Ranunculus and rose families, Crucifers with 4 petalled flowers, Daisy
family with "flowers" made up of lots of tiny ones, umbellifers with
umbrella shaped flower heads, and, amongst the non-symmetrical flowers,
pea flowers, labiates (usually square stems). That'll help you with
most things.

I find Fitter, Fitter and Blamey the easiest in the field.


I'll leave you to look up things that I haven't got at my fingertips. >

Garlic Mustard, Jack by the Hedge, a crucifer.

Cinquefoil?

Possibly hogweed

It's pea family, with a yellow pea flower, I think it's one of the
vetchlings.
The square bracts/leaves are very characteristic.

It's what I know as knapweed, cornflower relative, with pink/purple
shaving brush type flowers.




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