Coral Aloe (Aloe Striata)

Common Name: Coral Aloe

Scientific Name: Aloe striata

Clade: This plant is a monocot, it is a vascualr, seed producing plant, angiosperm.

Data Collected: April 4, 2012

Location collected: Northeast Corner of La cienega and 18th Street. around it were another like ten plants of the same kind.

Habitat: It's native region is the Mediterranean. There it is subtropical.

Special Notes: I didnt think this plant was going to be aloe but it was. It has very similar medical uses: burns, releasing toxins, and preventing sucking.

Resources: http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ALGR8&photoID=algr8_003_ahp.tif

http://faculty.ucc.edu/biology-ombrello/pow/aloe_vera.htm

http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantab/aloestriata.htm

Wild Rose (Rosa californica Cham. & Schltdl.)

Common Name: Wild Rose

Scientific Name: Rosa californica Cham. & Schltdl.

Clade: This wild rose is a dicot, vascualr, seed producing plant, angiosperm.

Data Collected: April 4, 2012

Location collected: This bush was located on the Southwest corner of the intersection of La Cienega and 18th Street. Next to this little plant was the Common Madia. But this organism took up most of the space.

Habitat: The sun reaches this plant about three fourths of the day because there is a very tall building west of it. It is windy at times and it doesnt look like anyone cares for the flowers. The soil might have very little nutrients and its trashed in some places. these roses are native to California and Oregon.

Special Notes: There are many different types of subgroups of wild roses.Wild roses could be used in medicine as well. Their heart is useful to the immune sytem, digestive, reproductive, heart, and nervous sytems. It enhances blood movement and helps to reduce inflammation.

Resources: http://www.rose-gardening-made-easy.com/information-on-wild-roses.html

http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ROCA2&mapType=nativity&photoID=roca2_002_ahp.tif

http://medicinewomansroots.blogspot.com/2007/05/sweet-medicine-healing-with-wild-heart.html

Hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.)

Common Name: Hibiscus, Shoe Black Plant

Scientific Name: Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.

Clade: These flowering plants are Dicot. They are vascualr, see producing plants, angiosperms.

Data Collected: April 4, 2012

Location collected: This plant was in a parking lot. It is in a little shopping center on La Cienega and 18th Street. Right in front of Ross there is a divider and the plant is right there. Around it were plain, little bushes that didnt look anything like it.

Habitat: This flower plant is distributed in Florida. It is native to warm-temperate, subtropical and tropical regions.

Special Notes: You can make tea with this flower. This tea helps lower blood pressure. It's tea is also full of Vitamin C and minerals. People with kidney problems usually take it as part of their diet.

Resources: http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=HIRO3&mapType=large&photoID=hiro3_001_ahp.tif

 http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2008/081110.htm

Palm Trees (Phoenix dactylifera L.)

Common Name: Palm Tree

Scientific Name: Phoenix dactylifera L.

Clade: This plant is a vascular, seed producing plant. It is an angiosperm.

Data Collected: April 6, 2012

Location collected: This palm tree is on the street Burnside in between Pico and Saturn St. It was on the west side of the street on the grass closer to the street not the lawn of the house.

Habitat: This palm tree is in the sun and even if it gets windy, it can still withstand the wind. There is a wide distribution of these trees in California, Hawaii, Arizona, Massachusetts, and Maryland.Palm trees are native to Europe and Mediterranean Regions. The climate these is tropical.

Special Notes: Palm trees can get very tall and their leaves are called fronds. They can be very delicate though. If the main bud at the top of the tree is damaged, it will no longer grow. The trunk doesnt get thicker it just gets taller. Trunks can be as thin as a pencil or as thick as one metter in diameter. Palms were around during the time of the dinosaurs as well.

Resources: http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=PHDA4&mapType=nativity&photoID=phda4_001_ahp.tif

http://www.houseandhome.org/palm-tree-facts

Moss (Calliergon giganteum)



Common Name: Moss

Scientific Name: Calliergon giganteum

Clade: Moss is nonvascular, it is neither angiosperm or gymnosperm.

Data Collected: I took this picture last year on a camping trip. June 18, 2011.

Location collected: I took this picture at Shaver Lake in Fresno, California. It was a very moist environment and some sunlight was shining on it but it was mostly shady. It looked as though underneath was rock but we were not very sure. There was a little body of water about ten feet to the side.

Habitat: Moss has adopted to cold climates by storing nutrients but it is usually very humid where this was growing.

Special Notes: There are some forms of moss that grow very slowly. They do not have flowers or seeds. They grow leaves that are only one cell thick.Sometimes mosses grow spore capsules.

Resources: http://plants.usda.gov/java/nameSearch

http://www.mossacres.com/info.asp

Fern (Asplenium rhizophyllum L.)

Common Name: Fern, Walking Fern

Scientific Name: Asplenium rhizophyllum L.

Clade: Ferns are vascualr but do not produce seeds. Ferns are neither Gymnosperms or angiosperms, they produce spores.

Data Collected: I took this picture last year on a camping trip to a lake. June 18, 2011

Location collected: It was at Shaver Lake in Fresno, California. There was some trees a couple of feet away
from what I could remember and there were also bushes. The soil was moist and in some places it was so wet that I could feel that it was loose and soft.The area was shady and they were not very exposed to the sun.  

Habitat: In the United States, fern is native in the eastern states but there is fern in places where there is water and the soil is moist and nutritious. They are also native to some parts of Canada.

Special Notes: Ferns grow into new plants not from seeds but from spores in two stages. The history of ferns dates back to way back even before the dinosaurs. There are some species of fern that grow to be a couple inches, while the biggest can grow up to thirty feet.

Resources: http://www.aboutferns.com/growing_ferns.shtml

http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ASRH2&mapType=large&photoID=carh8_002_avp.tif

http://www.ehow.com/info_7945050_interesting-ferns.html

Orange Tree (citrus sinensis)

Common Name: Orange Tree

Scientific Name: Citrus Sinensis

Clade: The orange tree is a vascualr, seed producing, angiosperm plant. It produces oranges which can be seen here as either the flower or, in the more developed stage, a green ball with a white tip.

Data Collected: April 5, 2012

Location collected: This tree is in my backyard. It is one of the smallest and around it is a blakberry bush/vine. There is also a plum tree that is a couple feet to the east of this tree.

Habitat: The orange tree is antive to China and Korea. They grow in tropical and subtropical climates. Oranges are cultivated in warm regions.

Special Notes: It is the most grown fruit tree in the world. There are many kinds of oranges(blood, blond, etc.). Many people peel the fruit then eat in or just cut it up like that. Some people process it to extract the juice, orange juice.

Resources: http://fillmorepirucitrus.com/Orange_Facts.htm

http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=CISI3&mapType=nativity&photoID=cisi_001_ahp.tif

Common Madia (Madia elegans D. Don ex Lindl.)

Common Name: Common Madia

Scientific Name: Madia elegans D. Don ex Lindl.

Clade: The Common Madia is a flowering, vascualr, seed producing plant. An angiosperm as well.

Data Collected: April 4, 2012

Location collected: This plant was on the Southwest corner of the intersection of La Cienega and 18th Street. It is close to a farmers market sign and next to a bush with wild roses.

Habitat: The habitat this flower is located in is sunny. It gets sun from sunrise to close to sunset. It is native to California, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington.

Special Notes: The Common Madia is a common herb. The seeds are edible. It is annual and could grow on road sides. It could grow in dry open spaces as well. It doesn't have a medical use that is known.

Resources: http://www.naturalmedicinalherbs.net/herbs/m/madia-elegans=common-madia.php

http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=MAEL&mapType=nativity&photoID=mael_001_ahp.tif

Aloe (Aloe Vera)

Common Name: Barbados Aloe, True Aloe, Medicine Plant, Burn Plant

Scientific Name: Aloe Vera

Clade: The aloe plant is a vascular, seed producing plant. It is an angiosperm plant.

Data Collected: April 5, 2012

Location collected: This particular plant is on the side of my house. It is closer to my neighbors house. We have it in a big pot and it is watered when it rains.

Habitat: This plant is in the shade most of the time. since it is next to a huge building. The aloe vera is native to the Mediterranean. There the weather is subtropical.

Special Notes: This plant is used a lot as a medicine. It is very useful for burns, even sunburns. It sooths the pain and does what it can to calm the redness. It has also been used to stop thumb sucking for infants. All they had to do was apply it to the thumb. This plant as also used for cleansing the body of toxins. 

Resources: http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ALVE2&mapType=large&photoID=alve2_001_ahp.tif

http://faculty.ucc.edu/biology-ombrello/pow/aloe_vera.htm

Calla Lili (Zantedeschia Aethiopica)

Common Name: Calla Lili, Easter Lili

Scientific Name: Zantedeschia Aethiopica

Clade: The calla lili is a vascualr seed producing plant, it is an angiosperm.

Data Collected: April 5, 2012

Location collected: I took this picture in my backyard. It is in a little planter my dad made and there is two big flowers and one that is dried up towards the bottom.

Habitat: Where this flower is growing is in a planter, most plants around it are not very healthy, they are mostly all dead so it can survive in conditions other plants might find it difficult to survive. We don't fertilize the soil in this section so the soil doesn't really have many nutrients. This calla lili only receives sunlight from around noon to sunset. This plant can be found in California, Oregon, Puerto Rico, and Hawaii.

Special Notes: Calla lilies are used for decorations for Easter. They can grow to about two to three feet high. They can also grow in shallow waters. there are different clors as well, such as yellow and pink.

Resources: http://plants.usda.gov/java/nameSearch

http://www.botany.com/zantedeschia.html