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by Nina » 02 Nov 2020, 17:42
Hi Suzanne,
It was good that Lin could ID these, because it is really, really difficult to ID a plant from individuals leaves that have been removed from the plant and laid on a table, and I couldn't have ID'd them. Loads of different plants have leaves that look really similar in isolation, so we need to see how the leaves come off the stem of a plant, or whether there is a stem at all -- some leaves, like dandelions, just come straight out of the ground. And whether the leaves are opposite each other on a stem or alternate. So we always ask if you can take a photo of a plant in situ (for example, before you pick the leaves), clearing showing how it comes out of the ground, and then photos with a close up of leaves plus photos of any flowers or seed heads that might be on the plant. Sometimes a flower or seed head is the main way you can differentiate plants.
We look forward to more plants to ID from you, but if you could take photos of them growing first that would be a great help.
Nina
