SHSG May 2020: Basic Botany for Plant ID

Hi everyone and welcome to our second Syracuse Herbal Study Group Zoom conference meeting! May's class will be taught by myself and local community herbalist Amanda Wells! 

This month, in preparation for Summer plant walks that we will (hopefully) do as a group, we will review concepts that are crucial for the proper identification of plants in the wild. Whether or not you choose to join us this Summer, I know many of us are already venturing outside and wondering which plants are which, if they are useful and encountering "look-alike" plants that can be confusing. So, with the goals of safe, sustainable and successful wildcrafting and walking in mind, we will hit on the following topics:

*Basic botanical terms focusing on plant parts necessary for identification, such as sepals vs. petals, toothed leaves vs. lobed leaves and leaf alignment on the stem

*Ways to distinguish "look alike" plants from…