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Plant Anatomy Lab Taxa Photos
This page contains links to photographs of plants that appear
as lab materials, mostly microscope slides, in the laboratory
portion of Biology 305 - Plant Anatomy. The intent is to convey
a general impression of the sort of plant used to make each microscope
slide available for study. As such, genus-level comparative context
should be sufficient; the careful student will note several instances
in which microscope slides and images provided here represesent
different species (of the same genus, however). At present, names
in black are not linked with photos.
- Abies - fir; habit;
cone
and needle leaves
- Acer
- maple
- Acorus calamus - sweet flag
- Adiantum
pedatum - maidenhair fern
- Aesculus
hippocastanum - horse chestnut
- Aesculus
pavia - buckeye
- Allium
cepa, onion
- Aloe
- Ammophila
- beach grass
- "Andromeda"
- the microscope slides labelled "Andromeda"
are probably flower buds of Pieris
japonica, commonly called andromeda
- Anemone
- Anisostichus
(Bignonia) capreolata - cross vine
- Apium
graveolens - celery
- Arisaema,
jack-in-the-pulpit
- Aristolochia
- pipevine, birthwort
- Asclepias
- milkweed
- Asparagus
- Asteroxylon
- Avicennia nitida Black Mangrove; habit,
flowers
- Betula
- birch
- Bignonia
capreolata - cross vine
- Bougainvillea
spectabilis
- Bouteloua - grama grass; habit,
close-up
of inflorescence
- Brassica
oleracea - cabbage
- Camellia
- Campsis
radicans - trumpet vine
- Cannabis sativa - hemp
- Capsella bursa-pastoris - shepherd's purse
- Capsicum
- pepper
- Carpinus
- blue beech, ironwood
- Carya
- hickory
- Castalia
(=Nymphaea) - water lily
- Castanea
- chestnut
- Ceanothus
americanus - New Jersey tea
- Cercidiphyllum
- katsura
- Chenopodium
album - goosefoot, lamb's quarters
- Citrus
aurantium - orange
- Clematis
- Clintonia
borealis - bluebead lily
- Cocos nucifera - coconut
- "Coleus"
= Solenostemon
- Cucurbita
- squash, pumpkin
- Cycas
- cycad
- Dennstaedtia
- hay-scented fern
- "Dicksonia"
(=Dennstaedtia - hay-scented fern)
- Dicranopteris
- Diospyros
- persimon
- Dracaena
- Drimys
- Drosera - sundew
- Elaeagnus
- Russian olive
- Elodea
- Ephedra
- mormon tea
- Epipactis
- helleborine orchid
- Equisetum
arvense - horsetail
- Equisetum
hiemale - scouring rush
- Euonymus
alatus
- Euphorbia
- spurge
- Euphorbia
pulcherrima - poinsettia
- Ficus - Indian rubber plant
- Fraxinus
- ash
- Gentiana
- gentian
- Ginkgo
biloba
- Gleichenia - a tropical fern; the genus Dicranopteris
is similar
- Glycine
max - soybean
- Gnetum
gnemon
- Gossypium
- cotton
- Hoya
- wax plant
- Huperzia
lucidula - shining club moss
- Hypericum
- St. John's wort
- Ilex
- holly
- Ipomoea
batatus - sweet potato
- Isoetes
- quillwort
- Juglans
- walnut
- Juncus
effusus - soft rush
- Juniperus
virginiana - eastern red cedar
- Kalanchoë
- Lactuca
- lettuce
- Laportea
- wood nettle
- Larix
larcina - larch, tamarack
- Ligustrum
- privet
- Lilium
- lily
- Linum
usitatissimum - flax
- Liquidambar
styraciflua - sweet gum
- Liriodendron
- tulip poplar, yellow poplar
- Lycopersicon
- tomato
- Lycopodium
- club moss
- Lycopodium
(Huperzia) lucidulum - shining club moss
- Maclura - osage orange
- Magnolia
- Malus
- apple (slides indicate "quince"
for common name, but these are more likely apple buds)
- Matonia - fern
- Menispermum
- Moonseed
- Myrica
cerifera - bayberry
- Nerium
- oleander
- Nicotiana
- tobacco
- Nymphaea
(slides are labelled "Castalia") - water
lily
- Olea
- olive
- Onoclea
- sensitive fern
- Opuntia
- prickly pear cactus
- Orchid
- Osmanthus
fragrans
- Oxypolis
- Papaver
- poppy
- Pastinaca
- parsnips
- Pelargonium
- geranium
- Phaseolus
vulgaris - bean
- Phormium
tenax - New Zealand flax
- Picea
engelmannii - spruce
- Pieris
japonica
- Pinus
palustris
- Pinus
strobus - eastern white pine
- Pinus
sylvestris - Scots pine
- Poa
pratensis - bluegrass
- Podocarpus
- Podophyllum
- May apple
- Polypodium
- polypody fern
- Populus
- poplar
- Prunus
- cherry
- Prunus
persica - peach
- Pseudotsuga
"taxifolia" (=P. menziesii) - Douglas fir
- Psilotum
- whisk fern
- Pteridium aquilinum - bracken fern; habit,
close-up
of abaxial leaf surface
- Pyracantha
- firethorn
- "Pyrus"
(=Malus) - apple (microscope
slide labels indicate "quince" for common name, but
these are more likely apple buds)
- Quercus
- white oak
- Quercus
rubra - red oak
- Quercus
suber - cork oak
- Ranunculus
- buttercup
- Rhizophora
- red mangrove
- "Rhoeo"
= Tradescantia spathacea - Moses-in-the-boat
- Rhynia
- Ribes
- gooseberry
- Ricinus
- castor bean
- Robinia
pseudoacacia - black locust
- Salicornia
- glasswort
- Salix
- willow
- Salvia
- sage
- Sambucus
- elderberry
- Selaginella
- spike moss
- Sequoia sempervirens - redwood; habit;
branchlets
with needle leaves
- Smilax
- greenbriar
- Solanum
tuberosum - potato
- Solenostemon
(slides are labelled "Coleus")
- Syringa
- lilac
- Taxodium
distichum - bald cypress
- Taxus
- yew
- Tetracentron sinense
- Thuja
occidentalis - northern white cedar
- Tilia
- basswood
- Tradescantia
spathacea - Moses-in-the-boat
- Tradescantia
sp. - spiderwort
- Trifolium
repens - clover
- Triticum
- wheat
- Trochodendron
aralioides
- Tsuga
canadensis - hemlock
- Ulmus
alata - winged elm
- Ulmus americana - American elm; habit;
branchlet
with leaves
- Vitis
- grape
- Yucca
- Spanish bayonet
- Zamia
- cycad
- Zea
mays - corn, maize
- "Zebrina
pendula" = Tradescantia zebrina - wandering jew