I won't delve into the more technical terminology, that's for the pro's. I do however want to introduce our future foragers to some of the basic concepts and words they will encounter in field guides and other books.
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It is a bit difficult for the newcomer to botany to entirely grasp all of the terminology involved in plant identification. This thread is NOT a substitute for a good book with a glossary of terms. It is meant to be a novice level introduction to some of the basic terminology involved in plant identification. We will go through a plant using live examples of structures and features to help build a mental glossary, so that when you come across one of these terms, you will know what to look for.
The forum features a "search this thread" button at the top of the page, and you can also press "ctrl + f" to find any word on the page. If you have a really technical term, you better get yourself a dictionary! Hopefully you will be able to find most of the terminology in your field guides in this thread. It is important that when you find your word, you read the entire paragraph so that you can learn the word in it's context. I don't know about you, but I learn better when the differences are explained, so that's what I've tried to do here. This is not a botany dictionary.
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