Field trip - Lick Creek Park - Rt. 6 South to Greens Prairie Road, east (left) to Rock Prairie Road, south (right) ca. 1.5 mi. to sign/parking lot (on right).  See Plants of Lick Creek Park for an overview of the path that we will follow through the park and also the species list that is linked to this page.

1. Work on distinguishing angiosperms from other elements of the Lick Creek Park flora and, within angiosperms, between monocots and dicots

    Gymnosperm - Juniperus virginianus (Plants Profile)
    Pteridophyte (Fern) - Pleopeltis polypodioides var. michauxianum and Woodsia obtusa 

2. Be able to recognize families:

    a. Asteraceae (family overview); focus:  Pyrrhopappus, Sonchus, Senecio
    b. Fabaceae or Leguminosae (Vicia, Baptisia; overview of the Fabales)
    c. Poaceae (overview - also = Gramineae);  focus:  Bromus)

3. Be able to identify (apply technical name and family to a specimen):

    Trees:
        Quercus (Oak - Fagaceae)
          Quercus stellata (Post Oak) vs. Q. marilandica (Blackjack Oak) vs. Q. nigra (Water Oak)
          Carya (Hickory - Juglandaceae)
        Ulmus (Elm - Ulmaceae)
    Vines:
        Vitis - Grape - vs. Parthenocissus - (Virginia Creeper) - Vitaceae
        Rubus - Dewberry, Blackberry - Rosaceae (Rosoideae)
        Toxicodendron radicans - Poison Ivy - Anacardiaceae
    Shrubs:
        Vaccinium arboreum - Farkleberry - Ericaceae
        Ilex vomitoria - Yaupon - Aquifoliaceae
        Crataegus - Hawthorne