{"id":43,"date":"2014-07-15T17:34:46","date_gmt":"2014-07-15T17:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/?page_id=43"},"modified":"2014-11-14T20:31:02","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T20:31:02","slug":"identifying-plants","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/how-to-guide\/identifying-plants\/","title":{"rendered":"identifying plants"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Indicator Species<\/h2>\n<p>The most useful plants for spring phenology studies are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Perennial<\/li>\n<li>Easy to identify<\/li>\n<li>Broadly distributed<\/li>\n<li>Naturally occurring species with a short bloom period<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These key \u201cindicator\u201d plants tend to flower as they accumulate heat, which means that after warmer winters and springs they flower earlier than average. Non-native PlantWatch species, such as lilac and dandelion, also were selected because they are common species across Canada and have a long history of use in phenology studies.<\/p>\n<h3>Flower Parts<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/07\/stigmat_en.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-133 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/07\/stigmat_en.jpg\" alt=\"Image of bunchberry bracts and Image of oblong-shaped leaf\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/07\/stigmat_en.jpg 747w, https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/07\/stigmat_en-300x153.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 747px) 100vw, 747px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Leaf Shapes<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/07\/formes_en.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-125\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/07\/formes_en.jpg\" alt=\"Leaf Shapes\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/07\/formes_en.jpg 748w, https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/07\/formes_en-300x153.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 748px) 100vw, 748px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Flower Types<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/07\/composi_en.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-130 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/07\/composi_en.jpg\" alt=\"Image of composite flower\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/07\/composi_en.jpg 748w, https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/07\/composi_en-300x153.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 748px) 100vw, 748px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Plant Types and Habitats<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/07\/plant_en.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-130 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturewatch.ca\/plantwatch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/07\/plant_en.jpg\" alt=\"Plant Types and Habitats\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indicator Species The most useful plants for spring phenology studies are: Perennial Easy to identify Broadly distributed Naturally occurring species with a short bloom period These key \u201cindicator\u201d plants tend to flower as they accumulate heat, which means that after&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":16,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-43","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - 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