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Online Flower Identification Guide
Online Flower Identification Guide. Flowering plants live along sidewalks in cities or suburbia as well as in gardens or meadows. Identifying flowers involves observing their traits and matching those observations to scientific sources.
Flowering plants live along sidewalks in cities or suburbia as well as in gardens or meadows. Identifying flowers involves observing their traits and matching those observations to scientific sources.
Tools
Learning to identify flowers requires utilizing online guides from universities, from national and local nature organizations and your powers of observation. The best flower identification resources provide pictures and detailed descriptions of species, as well as information about them and related species.
Observations
In "The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers," William A. Niering advices new naturalists to observe the color, symmetry, shape and anatomical details about the flower. Next, study the leaves, the size of the plant, its habitat and any fruits or nuts that you find.
Families
If your observations don't match a particular species in the resources you're using, turn next to trying to identify the plant's family. Plants are organized into families based on shared traits. Identifying the family may provide information about the plant or put you on the right path to making a positive identification.
