AusBonsai

I have been doing some extensive reading of late, about how to identify Plants. Interestingly the more I read the more confused I become. Even the Botanists and Scientists in a lot of cases can't agree. I have found Wikipedia most helpful. If anyone else is interested start at 'Plant Taxonomy' and this will take you on a merry journey through - Botanical name - Binomial nomenclature - Botanical nomenclature - History of plant systematics - Bessey system - Melchior system and then it gets a bit interesting as it explains - Leaf - Root - Plant stem - Stoma - Vascular tissue - Wood - Meristem - Fruit and Flowers.

For a dense old bugger like me this is all new and confusing, but I'm sure that I must be learning something. The one thing that I would like to share is this description on how to describe leaves when trying to identify plants. I hope you find it interesting. Courtesy of Wikipidia free share.
Jon

I noticed that my photo resizing reduced the clarity of some of the text. Try this one
Jon

Thanks for that Jon. It would certainly make ID plants easier for different people in differing locations.