Transcript How Polluted?!: Plant ID guide

How Polluted?!: Plant ID guide
Use this guide to help you identify the plants you find during Activity C.
Bell heather
Gorse
Dwarf shrubs
Common heather
© Roger Key
Tormentil
© Roger Key
Rosebay willowherb
Forbs
Heath bedstraw
© Peter Crittenden
© Roger Key
Moss
© Roger Key
Bracken
Other
Lichen
© Roger Key
© Lauren Gough
© Roger Key
© Peter Crittenden
How Polluted?!: Plant ID guide
Use this guide to help you identify the plants you find during Activity C.
Dwarf shrubs
Common heather
• Flowers 3 – 5 mm
long.
• Petals separate and
lilac in colour.
• Leaves very small,
1 – 2 mm long.
• Flowers bellshaped, 4–7mm
long.
Gorse
• Yellow flowers.
• Stems have long
spines.
• Petals fused
together and purple
in colour.
• Leaves in whorls of
three.
Heath bedstraw
Forbs
Bell heather
Tormentil
• Small, white
flowers.
• Creeps along
ground surface.
• 6 – 8 leaves
appearing in whorls
around stem.
• Yellow flowers with
4 petals.
• Leaves divided into
5 leaflets.
Rosebay willowherb
• Flowers magenta, 4
petals, 2 -3 cm
wide.
• Reddish stems.
• Long and narrow
leaves.
• Grows to 1.5 m.
Other
Lichen
Moss
Bracken
• Made of a fungus
and an alga.
• Small, simple
leaves.
• Fern with triangular
fronds.
• Many different
species.
• Grow close to
ground.
• Does not flower,
produces spores.
• Occur in range of
shapes and colours.
• Lack roots.
• Can reach over 1.5
m in height.
How Polluted?!: Plant ID guide
Use the pictures/descriptions on the following 2 pages to amend your
plant ID guide if required.
Cross-leaved heath
Bramble
Dwarf shrubs
Common broom
© Roger Key
Sheep’s sorrel
© Gordon Maclean
Bilberry
Forbs
Heathmilkwort
© Roger Key
© Roger Key
Wood sage
© Roger Key
Harebell
Forbs
Scarlet pimpernel
© Roger Key
© Roger Key
© Roger Key
© Roger Key
How Polluted?!: Plant ID guide
Dwarf shrubs
Common broom
• Yellow flowers.
Forbs
Bramble
• Stems lack spines.
• Similar to but shorter
than bell heather.
• Flowers white or
pink with 5 petals.
• Can grow up to 2 m
tall.
• Leaves in whorls of 4
around stem.
• Prickly stems.
• Has a 5-angled
stem.
• Leaf surface is
downy.
Heath milkwort
• Dark blue flowers
but can be white,
pink or pale blue.
• 5 – 20 cm tall.
• Scrambling growth
form.
Scarlet pimpernel
Forbs
Cross-leaved heath
Sheep’s sorrel
• Small, slender plant
to 20 cm in height.
• Flowers small, red,
and arranged in
leafless spikes.
Wood sage
• Distinctive scarlet
flowers.
• Flowers pale
greenish, yellow.
• Flowers have 5
petals.
• Up to 50 cm.
• Leaves are oval
with a black dot on
the underside.
• Often found in light
shade.
• Leaves pointed,
bluntly toothed.
• Produces
blackberries!
Bilberry
• Grows to 30 cm.
• Flowers greenish
pink, petals fused.
• 4-angled stem.
• Small blueish-black
berries.
Harebell
• 15 – 40 cm tall.
• Pale blue, bellshaped flowers.