Locating Specific Plant Species

The Acmispon glaber has a yellow flower and long stems from the base of the plant. It is native to California but confined to western North America. The Acmispon glaber is a species found in dry areas of California and makes it understandable as to why it can be found on the campus. I used a basic method of looking around the area that the plant is typically found in and trying to match the characteristics with the plants I saw. I found these details of the plants by doing research before walking out to find the plants. The Artemesia californica was easy to find because we have many of them around campus and I used the same methods of finding the plant as I did for the other. This plant has thin and needle-like leaves and long stems from the base of the plant.
The Grindelia Camporum also has yellow flowers but has shorter stems and small leaves. The flower seems to be very dry and not reliant on getting a large amount of water. By looking around the campus for plants that have these kinds of characteristics I was able to find what I think to be this plant. For the last type of plant I found I had already known that I had seen them before looking for them on campus. When I saw a picture and read the description I knew that these flowers were very common and I had seen them before.
My rationale for this identification method is that I do not know any other proper ways of identification and this seemed to be the best way I could properly identify the plants. It might not have been as accurate as other methods but it was the only way I would have been able to get this done. I could have issues with proper identification because I am going based only off of physical details and my sight.

Posted on 05 de fevereiro de 2020, 04:59 AM by mandygjertsen