Practical Botany in October

It's easiest for me to write up my notes in pieces, updating as we go along. Here, if you missed it, is my topic overview post: Notes on Practical Botany.

Now, on to the plants!

Milkweed

Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)
Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)

read Monarch and Milkweed by Helen Frost

look at dried milkweed pods & milkweed seeds

make Abstract Textile Seedpods from Making Zen workshop

nature sketch

add to MLB under Botany Basics (Seed Dispersal)




for more on Seed Dispersal

Seeds Move! by Robin Page

Bur Oak

Bur Oak (Quercus macrocarpa)

field trip to Superblock to pick up bur oak acorns & acorn caps

nature sketch

add to MLB under Tree Identification
note: oak wood is traditionally used in barrel making aka cooperage

The Mighty Bur Oak: Sentinel Tree of the Prairie Peninsula
Agricultural Electronic Bulletin Board, University of Missouri Extension

Another Gift from Oaks
International Oak Society

Judean Date Palm

Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera)

read A Seed Is Sleepy by Dianna Hutts Aston

read The Miracle Seed by Martin Lemelman

open a fresh date to find its seed

nature sketch

add to MLB under Botany Basics (Germination)

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