Medicinal Plants in Your Backyard:
Exploring Biodiversity Through Ethnobotany

Background

Intro Activity

Botanical Survey

Common Weeds
 
Milkweed
 
Mullein
 
Plantain
 
Dandelion
 
Queen Anne’s
    
Lace
 
Red Clover
 
St. John’s Wort
 
White Clover

Schoolyard
Ecology

Weed Expert

Assesment Ideas

Bibliography

Fun & Games

Group
Projects

Identify that Plant!

Name______________________ 

Date_______________________ 

Period______________________ 

Directions: For the following ten plants that we’ve been studying, please observe each specimen carefully.  Note the number posted by the specimen correlates to the number on this sheet.  For each specimen, record the information in the space provided. 

1.
Scientific Name:  ________________________________
Common Name:  _________________________________
Areas where you might find this plant:

At least one traditional use, and/or myth about this plant:

 

2.
Scientific Name:  ________________________________
Common Name:  _________________________________
Areas where you might find this plant:

At least one traditional use, and/or myth about this plant:

 

3.
Scientific Name:  ________________________________
Common Name:  _________________________________
Areas where you might find this plant:

At least one traditional use, and/or myth about this plant:

 

4.
Scientific Name:  ________________________________
Common Name:  _________________________________
Areas where you might find this plant:

At least one traditional use, and/or myth about this plant:

 

5. 
Scientific Name:  ________________________________
Common Name:  _________________________________
Areas where you might find this plant:

At least one traditional use, and/or myth about this plant:

 

6. 
Scientific Name:  ________________________________
Common Name:  _________________________________
Areas where you might find this plant: 

At least one traditional use, and/or myth about this plant:

 

7. 
Scientific Name:  ________________________________
Common Name:  _________________________________
Areas where you might find this plant: 

At least one traditional use, and/or myth about this plant:

 

8. 
Scientific Name:  ________________________________
Common Name:  _________________________________
Areas where you might find this plant: 

At least one traditional use, and/or myth about this plant:

 

9. 
Scientific Name:  ________________________________
Common Name:  _________________________________
Areas where you might find this plant: 

At least one traditional use, and/or myth about this plant:

 

10.
Scientific Name: ________________________________
Common Name:  _________________________________
Areas where you might find this plant: 

At least one traditional use, and/or myth about this plant:

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