BIO 406D - Native Plants Fall 2005 Packet #5 – Wild Basin – October 20 th Page 1 of 12 Summary of Plants learned in this lab: Family Genus Species ANACARDIACEAE Rhus virens AQUIFOLIACEAE Ilex decidua AQUIFOLIACEAE Ilex vomitoria ASTERACEAE Liatris mucronata ASTERACEAE Melampodium leucanthum BORAGINACEAE Heliotropium tenellum FAGACEAE Quercus buckleyi GENTIANACEAE Centaurium texense LAMIACEAE Hedeoma drummondii NOLINACEAE Nolina lindheimeriana NOLINACEAE Nolina texana ORCHIDACEAE Spiranthes lacera PASSIFLORACEAE Passiflora tenuiloba PRIMULACEAE Samolus ebracteatus POACEAE Bouteloua hirsuta RUTACEAE Thamnosma texana * not native to Texas
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Summary of Plants learned in this lab: · Web viewFamily Genus Species. ANACARDIACEAE Rhus virens. AQUIFOLIACEAE Ilex decidua. AQUIFOLIACEAE Ilex vomitoria. ASTERACEAE Liatris mucronata.
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BIO 406D - Native Plants Fall 2005Packet #5 – Wild Basin – October 20th Page 1 of 9
Summary of Plants learned in this lab:
Family Genus Species ANACARDIACEAE Rhus virens
AQUIFOLIACEAE Ilex decidua
AQUIFOLIACEAE Ilex vomitoria
ASTERACEAE Liatris mucronata
ASTERACEAE Melampodium leucanthum
BORAGINACEAE Heliotropium tenellum
FAGACEAE Quercus buckleyi
GENTIANACEAE Centaurium texense
LAMIACEAE Hedeoma drummondii
NOLINACEAE Nolina lindheimeriana
NOLINACEAE Nolina texana
ORCHIDACEAE Spiranthes lacera
PASSIFLORACEAE Passiflora tenuiloba
PRIMULACEAE Samolus ebracteatus
POACEAE Bouteloua hirsuta
RUTACEAE Thamnosma texana
* not native to Texas
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This plant may have ocelli (small, yellowish dots that apparently act as egg mimics).
The leaves of this plant are believed to have evolved this shape to copy the shape of the leaves on Berberis trifoliolata as a way to trick moths (your TA will explain further).
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FAGACEAE (Oak or Beech family) Quercus buckleyiTexas Red Oak, Spanish Oak, Spotted Oak, Rock Oaknamed for Samuel Buckley (1809-1884) state geologist and plant collector
How would you describe this plant’s leaves?
typical bark
Do you remember what type of fruit an acorn is? ________________
POACEAE Bouteloua hirsuta Hairy Gramahirsuta = “hairy”inflorescence branches usually 1-4 per main axis, usually 2.3-4cm long
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The leaves contain caffeine and were used by Native Americans to make a ceremonial drink called “black drink”. During religious festivals they drank large amounts during purging ceremonies.
leaf shape?
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GENTIANACEAE (Gentian family) Centaurium texense Texas Centaury, Lady Bird’s CentauryCommon name is for Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson (Lady Bird), who made a special effort to collect seeds of this species and plant them along her ranch’s airfield runway.