Common Centaury

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

I'm jealous of how flawlessly you execute the identification of these plants. Is there anything you can share to help others become better at it? Posted 10 years ago
1. morpheme
  
  Lion
  
  I think what makes the difference for me is that I have two really good sources for local flora, flowers in particular. I generally use PNW Wildflowers for my initial ID, then click on the link to the WTU herbarium to confirm or further research it. Both sites have excellent maps on where to expect to find plants. The WTU site allows easy backwards access to genus wide searches, so if you find something that is close, but not quite right, it's easy to see all of it's close relatives.
  http://www.pnwflowers.com/
  http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php?Genus=Allium&Species=campanulatum
  Non flowering plants are harder if they aren't very distictive - I haven't found a great source yet for grasses and sedges Posted 10 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    Thanks so much, interesting to see the power of local knowledge in action. It looks like both references are not yet in our identification guide, care to add them?
    
    http://www.jungledragon.com/species/guide Posted 10 years ago