Ohio Plants, EEOB 2210
This flower was found at Antrim Park.
It is on page 120 in Newcomb’s Wildflowers.
Common name Ohio Spiderwort. Scientific name: Tradescantia ohiensis.
Corolla: 3 separate petals.
Calyx: 3 separate sepals.
Adroecium: 6 separate stamen.
Gynoecium type: syncarpous (and # of carpels = 3)
Flower type/ovary position: Hypogynous
Flower symmetry: zygomorphic (irregular).
This flower was found at the Antrim Park.
It is on page 194 in Newcomb’s Wildflowers.
Common name Forget-Me-Nots or Scorpion grasses. Scientific name: Myosotis L.
Corolla: 5 fused petals
Calyx: 5 halfway fused sepals.
Adroecium: 5 separate stamens.
Gynoecium type: syncarpous (and # of carpels = 2)
Flower type/ovary position: Hypogynous.
Flower symmetry: actinomorphic (regular).
This flower was found at Antrim Park in the middle of a field with dry soil.
It is on page 382 in Newcomb’s Wildflowers.
Common name Purple Coneflower. Scientific name: Echinacea purpurea.
Corolla: 5 fused petals.
Calyx: 5 separate of sepals.
Adroecium: 5 separate stamens.
Gynoecium type: syncarpous (and # of carpels = 2)
Flower type/ovary position: Hypogynous_
Flower symmetry: actinomorphic (regular).
This flower was found in Antrim Park.
It is on page 166 in Newcomb’s Wildflowers.
Common name Flowering Dogwood. Scientific name: Cornus florida L.
Corolla: 4 separate petals.
Calyx: 4 fused sepals.
Adroecium: 4 separate stamen.
Gynoecium type: syncarpous (and # of carpels = 2)
Ovules are two per carpel.
Flower type/ovary position: epigynous
Flower symmetry: actinomorphic (regular).
This flower was found in Antrim Park.
It is on page 162 in Newcomb’s Wildflowers.
Common name Celandine poppy Scientific name: Stylophorum diphyllum.
Corolla: 4 separate petals.
Calyx: 2 separate petals.
Adroecium: Around 14 separate stamen. They have separate stamens but their carpels are fused.
Gynoecium type: syncarpous (and # of carpels = 4)
Flower type/ovary position: Hypogynous.
Flower symmetry: actinomorphic (regular).
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This flower was found in Antrim Park next to a river off the walkway.
It is on page 120 in Newcomb’s Wildflowers.
Common name Northern Blue Flag. Scientific name: Iris versicolor
Corolla: 6 fused petals.
Calyx: 6 fused sepals.
Adroecium: number of stamens 3 separate stamen.
Gynoecium type: syncarpous (and # of carpels = 4)
How can you tell? (Cite the features were apparent about the number of carpels.)
Flower type/ovary position: epigynous
Flower symmetry: zygomorphic (irregular).
This flower was found at Antrim Park along a walking trail.
It is on page 382 in Newcomb’s Wildflowers.
Common name Common Fleabane. Scientific name: Erigeron strigosus
Corolla: has anywhere from 75 to 80 separate petals.
Calyx: it has around 17 fused sepals.
Adroecium: it has 5 separate stamen.
Gynoecium type: unicarpellate with one carpel.
How can you tell? (Cite the features were apparent about the number of carpels.)
Flower type/ovary position: Hypogynous
Flower symmetry: actinomorphic (regular)
Additional distinctive features: The stem and leaves seem to have little cilia-like structures on the stems of the plant that extend to the leaves.
This flower was found at the entrance of Antrim Park.
It is on page 60 in Newcomb’s Wildflowers
Common name is White Clover Scientific name: Trifolium repens
Corolla: number of petals indistinguishable. separate or fused? separate
Calyx: number of sepals is 5 and lobed.
Adroecium: number of stamens 10, fused from the base.
Gynoecium type: the white clover is unicarpellate (and # of carpels = 1)
Flower type/ovary position: epigynous
Flower symmetry: zygomorphic (irregular)
The Ohio Buckeye tree is has oppositely arranged leaves that are palmately compound. The leave margins are entire and they are known to assemble into what looks like “wheel spokes.” One noticeable trait is that the bud has ridges that build from the center if you look at it very closely when looked at under a hand lens.
This tree was located on the Sawmill State Wildlife Education Area, which is a wetland area that is being protected and preserved from habitat destruction. In some parts of the park there are trees that have their trunks entirely submerged in the swamps and other parts you had the ability to walk on solid land. This was located along the bank where there was ground to walk on.
Something interesting about the tree was how the buckeyes had not sprouted yet. I believed that it would have been the long enough into the year that the buckeyes had not began to sprout and the tree had no flowers. As I walked through the wetlands it was clear that this had been the case for more than just my tree, although some did begin to flower, they were mainly just leaves. This also made if harder to identify the kind of buckeye tree.
The funny thing about my walk is that once I saw one buckeye tree, I feel like I noticed every single one after that. Since the assignment was to find 8 trees, I started to get frustrated over time at thinking I had found a new kind of tree, and realizing that I had yet again found another buckeye.
The Boxelder has trifoliate compound, lobed leaves. They are broadleaf and opposite arranged, they’re twigs are green with rounded with white woolly buds.It is a fast-growing and short-lived tree that can only live around 60 years, 100 if it is in the best conditions possible.
This tree was in the forest lining in the Olde Sawill Park with a lot of thick brush and trees. it was in a well lit and sunny condition with even ground.
Something that I didn’t realize was that the Boxelder tree is actually a type of Maple tree. The Boxelder tree is what is known as drought-resistant, in that it has the ability to retain water in case that it does not come into contact with water for an extended period of time.
This tree actually started me. For the longest time I associated a three leaved plant with poison ivy, and when I had actually grazed against it, so I started to panic and began to think just got poison ivy.