This is the category (see categories on left side of blog text area) where you post your entries and comments for the first blog assignment given on Sept 10/11, 2014:

Learning Objectives:

• To notice and observe plant species around you
• To practice field identification skills using Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide

The Blog Entry:

In order for you to become more familiar with Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide and your own environment, we would like you to go outside (your backyard, the oval, etc.), find and identify three different plants that you do not know.

Your blog entry should include at least the following information for all of the plants:

• Species name
• Common name
• Plant Family
• Introduced or native status
• Field Notes
• At least one picture of your plant

* For one of your three plants, add a short discussion of characters used to recognize the plant, written for a general audience.