Wet Flatwoods 3
I. Gigapan
This lesson uses an area of Jupiter Wetlands Trails as its core. Let's go there and explore a Gigapan that shows a seasonally wet flatwoods. The snapshots have narrated slideshows. If necessary, review the lesson on how to navigate a Gigapan. Zoom in, pan around, explore the snapshots with their recorded slideshows.
Click: Jupiter Wetlands Trails 2
II. Snapshot Information and Images
Go to the menu bar and click on Lesson 12 to get the fly-out menu entitled "Wet Flatwoods 3 Snapshot Information and Images" for the words and images contained in the Gigapan snapshots
III. Reference Photos
Lessons 11 through 14 have no reference photos.
IV. Field Trip
If you have not gone yet, go explore a wet flatwoods habitat. Note: If you took a wet flatwoods field trip for Part 1 (Lesson 10) or Part 2 (Lesson 11) you are not expected to go a second time for Part 3 (Lesson 12). A list of suggested sites is found on the tab in the menu bar after Lesson 16.
Take pictures of ten plants you identify. A total of ten species photos to cover all 3 wet flatwoods lessons is adequate. Remember: put the photos in a Word doc and send it to us. Please do not send photos as separate e-mail attachments.
I. Gigapan
This lesson uses an area of Jupiter Wetlands Trails as its core. Let's go there and explore a Gigapan that shows a seasonally wet flatwoods. The snapshots have narrated slideshows. If necessary, review the lesson on how to navigate a Gigapan. Zoom in, pan around, explore the snapshots with their recorded slideshows.
Click: Jupiter Wetlands Trails 2
II. Snapshot Information and Images
Go to the menu bar and click on Lesson 12 to get the fly-out menu entitled "Wet Flatwoods 3 Snapshot Information and Images" for the words and images contained in the Gigapan snapshots
III. Reference Photos
Lessons 11 through 14 have no reference photos.
IV. Field Trip
If you have not gone yet, go explore a wet flatwoods habitat. Note: If you took a wet flatwoods field trip for Part 1 (Lesson 10) or Part 2 (Lesson 11) you are not expected to go a second time for Part 3 (Lesson 12). A list of suggested sites is found on the tab in the menu bar after Lesson 16.
Take pictures of ten plants you identify. A total of ten species photos to cover all 3 wet flatwoods lessons is adequate. Remember: put the photos in a Word doc and send it to us. Please do not send photos as separate e-mail attachments.
IV. Practice
Reminder: An inflorescence (in-floor-ESS-ence) is a flower cluster.
1. What wetland shrub in the Coffee Family has stipules, leaves often whorled, and inflorescences shaped like golf balls?
2. How do you distinguish Tall Pinebarren Milkwort from Yellow Milkwort?
3. What sedge looks like it has white flowers, because the leaves at the inflorescence base are white?
4. What Milkwort has purplish flowers in a cluster shaped like a drum?
5. Name the group of wetland plants where a white button sits on a narrow wand. The leaves are at the base.
6. What group of common wetland plants have tight clusters of small but pretty yellow flowers on a wand? The leaves look like Iris leaves.
7. What common shrub or tree (one species or more depending on how botanists interpret it) has leaves grayish beneath, often with galls, and fragrant when crushed. This species occupies many habitats. The flowers are small and yellow-white. The shrub is related to Lancewood.
8. What wetland shrub has blue-gray waxy little berries directly on the stem? The narrow leaves have coarse teeth.
9. Which Milkwort has orange flowers?
10. Which large beach grass has a narrow vertical spike inflorescence?
VI. Quiz
Quiz 12
Reminder: An inflorescence (in-floor-ESS-ence) is a flower cluster.
1. What wetland shrub in the Coffee Family has stipules, leaves often whorled, and inflorescences shaped like golf balls?
2. How do you distinguish Tall Pinebarren Milkwort from Yellow Milkwort?
3. What sedge looks like it has white flowers, because the leaves at the inflorescence base are white?
4. What Milkwort has purplish flowers in a cluster shaped like a drum?
5. Name the group of wetland plants where a white button sits on a narrow wand. The leaves are at the base.
6. What group of common wetland plants have tight clusters of small but pretty yellow flowers on a wand? The leaves look like Iris leaves.
7. What common shrub or tree (one species or more depending on how botanists interpret it) has leaves grayish beneath, often with galls, and fragrant when crushed. This species occupies many habitats. The flowers are small and yellow-white. The shrub is related to Lancewood.
8. What wetland shrub has blue-gray waxy little berries directly on the stem? The narrow leaves have coarse teeth.
9. Which Milkwort has orange flowers?
10. Which large beach grass has a narrow vertical spike inflorescence?
VI. Quiz
Quiz 12