1. Making a Plant Collection

2. Pressed and Identified Plant

5. How to add layers 1. Wooden frame 2. Cardboard 3. Newspaper
4. Thick white absorbent paper
5. White paper
6. Plant
7. Repeat, going from 5-2

6. Putting it on Paper Once it’s dry, then Glue It to a piece of a paper
Include the label
Let it dry

7. Native Desert Plant Collection
Labeling and identifying your plants

8. Labeling Your Plants Scientific Name: ______________________
Common Name: ______________________
Family: ______________________________
Locality: _____________________________
Habitat: _____________________________
Collected by:__________________________
Identified by:_________________________

9. What is this plant?

10. Labeling Your Plants Scientific Name: Parkinsonia florida
Common Name: Blue Paloverde
Family: Fabacea
Locality: Arroyo Chico near Reid Park
Habitat: desert, Riparian
Collected by: Elena Martin
Identified by: Elena Martin

11. Some Common Desert Plants

13. Mesquite

14. Mesquite Beans

16. Creosote Bush

17. Globe Mallow

19. Cat Claw Acacia

21. Ocotillo

24. Engelmann’s Prickly Pear

25. Net Leaf Hackberry

26. Hop bush -

27. Identifying Native Desert Plants