A leaf is a leaf is a leaf

I have a lab in which we hike for three hours through the woods looking at leaves. Then we spend the next week memorizing the plants for a quiz. Then we do it all over again.



I took some pictures of some of the plants with my iPhone. It’s really hard memorizing the leave structures and the venation. We have approximately 35 plants on each quiz. The TAs go through the woods and pick the plants for our quiz, then we walk around and write the Latin name of the plant, family, and the common name. It’s difficult because you start to memorize the picture, and then when you see the plant on the quiz you’re like “okay, what the hell is this……” But photos like this will help..