The CSR Team relies on two main plant keys: Flora of the Pacific Northwest (Hitchcock and Cronquist) and Flora of Wyoming (Dorn). These are very different botanical keys, with often very different names for the same plant. As an example, Sego Lilies of the genus Calochortus are removed from the family Liliaceae and placed into the family Calochortaceae – a family recognized by a few taxonomic systems, but definitely not mainstream. In Dorn, the genus Aster becomes a new genera, causing much confusion.
To help wade through the confusion, CSR’s Biologist, Kent Fothergill, produced a stream of comic strips to aide in the education of plant identification…Enjoy!
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