Fern

Common name: fern
Scientific name: Fern
Clade: Vascular, spore producing, gymniosperm
Data collected: 4/24/11
Location collected: Beloit
Habitat: Plowed soil, no surrounding plants clos by,
Nativity: unknown
Special notes: Under the leaves of this plants can be seen various spore capsules. When blooming the branches unfold themselves increasing their surface area for photosynthesis. The sporophyte phase is dominant over the gametophyte.

Dandelion

Common name: a weed, Dandelion
Scientific name: Taraxacum officinale
Clade: vascular,seed producing, angiosperm
Data collected: 4/24/11
Location collected: In front of the city safety building in sawtelle
Habitat: among grass and a small bush right next to it. dry soil and cement is cracked around it.
Nativity: Source is in Eurasia
Special notes: The plant is able to grow in various environments. A dandelion can refer to the flower or the kind that everyone blows out for fun. Each strong gust of wind can cause most of the seeds to disperse.

Callistemon

Common name: Weeping Bottlebrush Tree
Scientific name: Callistemon viminalis
Clade: Vascular,seed producing, angiosperm
Data collected: 4/20/11
Location collected: Some on beloit and sawtelle befor the flowers shops begin
Habitat: Recieves morning sun and almost no sun during the max heat of the day, soil is not to deep, surrounded by bushes and hedges.
Nativity: origin found in Australia and Malysia
Special notes: The flowers do look like bottlebrushes and are soft to the touch. People of mexican descent have said that kids would play with them for fun.

Hemerocallis

Common name: Lily
Scientific name: Hemerocallis
Clade: Vascular,seed producing, angiosperm
Data collected: 4/23/11
Location collected: Front of Apartment buildings
Habitat: Very little sun, very little space to grow, damp soil
Nativity: Spreads from asia, cananda and much of the U.S.
Special notes: There are various colors that give proof of alternate generations. Very known in the Old workd and New.

Bamboo

Common Name: Bamboo
Scientific Name: Bambusa Vulgaris
Clade: Vascular Flowering seed angiosperm
Date Collected: 4/23/11
Location collected: Construction site on Beloit and Missouri
Habitat: Confined space,loose soil,
Nativity: Main origin is from China
Special notes: It is fast growing plant that can grow up to 39 in. a day if in right weather and soil conditions. Can be used to make a basic shack and even instruments. They are fuzzy in the inside of the bamboo air chamber.