A member of the Lamiaceae with an explanation of the characters that you used to determine the family identification.
Spearmint- Mentha spicata
Characteristics used: Square stems, aromatic, opposite leaves, zygomorphic flowers.
Growing in an overgrown garden in front of a house in University District of Columbus, OH.
A member of the Solanaceae with an explanation of the characters that you used to determine the family identification.
Tomato- Solanum lycopersicum
Characteristics: Superior ovary, fruit a berry, alternate leaves.
Growing in a planted garden in Beavercreek, OH.
Cornus species.
Flowering Dogwood- Cornus florida
Characteristics: Understory tree, red drupes growing in clusters, leaves are simple, opposite, ovate, and entire.
Found in the front yard of a house in Harrison West of Columbus, OH.
Rhamnus species.
Buckthorn- Genus Rhamnus (species unknown)
Characteristics: Medium-sized tree, growing along fence-line with other invasives such as honeysuckle, branches end in woody ‘spine’, have small, dark berries.
Found near the OSU Museum of Biodiversity in Columbus, OH.
A plant with a corolla of fused petals.
Morning Glory- Ipomoea purpurea
Petals are fused into one tube- no individual petals obvious.
Found along a fence-line in the back of a house in University District of Columbus, OH.
A plant that produces berries.
Honeysuckle- Genus Lonicera (species unknown)
Produces small, red, fleshy fruit with no hard outer shell and no hard inner pit. Round.
Found in Highbanks Metro Park in Columbus, OH.
The picture of the morning glory really shows the fused petals.
Nicely done. Your pictures illustrate the characteristics you were given. Too bad your tomato plant doesn’t have fruit on it, but otherwise great.