RE: taxonomy

how about a colour theme, all reds or all whites or reds and blues...?

pseduo cacti spp. plants people think are cacti but aren't?
(California would be a great place to collect these)

toxic plants with a twist, ie plants that people see every day
that they wouldn't even dream were toxic?

Carnivorous plants?

Plants with no leaves? (and aren't cactii)

minature spp. from Genera that normally produce giant trees?

ferns or mosses

fruit or cereal varieties  (hort and Ag students sometimes have to collect
variety specimens, a friend of mine still has a wonderfull collection of
wheat varieties, they'd look stunning mounted on his wall)

some of these may be to hard, but heh its not my assignment
let us know what you decide.


cheers, rod
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Rod Randall
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> From: 	heverlyj@ccnet.com
> Reply To: 	heverlyj@ccnet.com
> Sent: 	Friday, 19 March 1999 3:13 AM
> To: 	medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
> Subject: 	taxonomy
> 
> A challenge for the more creative members of the group?
> 
> I'm enrolled in a plant taxonomy class at a local jr. college.  It's a
> pretty simple class;  view of few slides, key a few plants and go home.
> 
>  {When I taught at a jc myself I was always beset by the dilemma of
> homework.  If I assigned much--say an amount comparable to what literature
> students faced at the same college--my courses didn't fill and my classes
> were cancelled.  OTOH I always felt guilty because I wasn't challenging my
> students sufficiently.}
> 
> The teacher has offered extra credit for a project wherein we are asked to
> press 35 specimens of different species and record genus, species,
> location
> and date of find.  Sounds interesting so I think I'll do it.  But I'd like
> to do it with style.  I thought about various 'themes' I could use to make
> an interesting group:
> 
> --all from one vacant lot?  I'm afraid this would yield too many
> composites.
> 
> --all natives?  Nah, been done to death already.
> 
> --rare species?  I'm not sure I'm willing to traipse all over N.California
> in pursuit of that one Agathis is bloom and finding 35 in bloom might be
> daunting...but maybe.
> 
> Anyone got any ideas?
> Jerry Heverly, Oakland, CA
>
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