plant identification
Naming wild flora
Plant identification is the practice of determining what species a plant belongs to, typically by examining its leaves, flowers, bark, or growth habit.
Field guides, botanical keys, and smartphone apps assist with plant identification.
The skill matters for foragers, gardeners, hikers, and anyone who needs to distinguish edible plants from poisonous ones: Her plant identification skills saved us from eating toxic berries.
- herbarium specimensPreserved plants for scientific study
- field guidesBooks for identifying species
- botanyScience of flora
- flower colorPigmentation of blooms
- taxonomyScience of categorical arrangement
fieldwork · nature walk · specimen · mobile apps · herbarium · foraging · edible plants · poison ivy · wildflowers · gardening · agriculture · plants · ecology · leaf · flora · microscopy · native · spore
- foraging skillsberry picking, mushroom hunting, fruit picking, clamming
- nature studyfieldwork, wildlife observation, nature journaling, bird watching, animal tracking
- botanybotany, plants, root, leaf, photosynthesis
- field sciencefield research, ecology, geology, biology, botany
- flora referencesfloras, field guides, checklists
- herbalismmint, herbal remedies, sage, medicinal herbs, lavender
plant identificationanimal identification
Determining a creature's species
bird identification · insect identification · mushroom identification · mycology · entomology