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Foraging for edibles in the area

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Land-Based Practice

Toxic, poisonous, and deadly plants & fungi you should definitely know before you go out foraging

Return to Course Home The plants & fungi outlined below are mostly relevant to the Chicago Region (although they may

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Asteraceae Family

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Lamiaceae Family

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Apiaceae Family

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Rosaceae Family

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Introduction to Plant Families

Return to Course Home I offer these lessons to introduce you to some key botanical plant families that tend to

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$¦d€ Qu€s╦: Plant Scavenger Hunt on the 606

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Other tips for plant ID

* Plants are individuals, and you are likely to find variations even among plants of the same species. For example, environmental

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Learning botany by walking the streets and alleyways of Chicago

Previous: Tree Identification Some Plants you might find wandering the streets and alleyways of Chicago (or other eastern US urban

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Tree Identification

Previous: Botany of Stems, Roots, & Flowers Tree: Woody structure that grows every year, typically with one trunk, and lateral

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Botany of Stems, Roots, & Flowers

Previous: Botany of Leaves Stem Parts * Node - point where buds and branches arise * Bud - growing point that will

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Botany of Leaves

Previous: Horticulture Terms Leaf arrangement: * Opposite - Arranged in pairs; inserted on opposite sides of a stem at the same

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Monocotyledons and Dicotyledons

Monocots possess only one cotyledon, or seed leaf, where dicotyledons possess two cotyledons. You can easily tell the difference between

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Graminoids and Forbs

Previous: Horticulture Terms Both are considered herbaceous (non-woody) but carry easily distinguishable features that differentiate plants among certain plant families.

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Horticulture Terms

Previous: Naming & Classifying Plants Plant Structure Woody - stems remain aboveground all year round, a component that's

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Naming & Classifying Plants

Previous: A Brief Evolutionary Timeline of the Plant Kingdom To support familiarizing yourself with the trees of our urban environment,

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A Brief Evolutionary Timeline of the Plant Kingdom

Return to Course Home Organisms within the Plant Kingdom are organized according to their evolutionary groups, beginning with algae and

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