Introduction to Classifying & Selecting Landscape Plants http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/view-image.php?image=61260&picture=green-fern-waterfall

Objective 1: Identify and categorize landscape plants Explain systems used to classify plants Identify types of plants used in landscape applications Explain the use of USDA plant hardiness zone map http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/view-image.php?image=19138&picture=circle-window-and-ivy

The Plant Kingdom Plants make up one of the five kingdoms of living things Plants are classified into smaller groups based on shared characteristics http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/view-image.php?image=51667&picture=garden-flowers

Plant Classification: Division of Characteristics primary distinguishing factor: Non-Flowering Flowering http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/view-image.php?image=17482&picture=boxwood-shrub

Non-Flowering Moss Ferns Gymnosperms http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/view-image.php?image=17482&picture=boxwood-shrub

Reproduce through spores Moss No roots No vascular tissue Reproduce through spores http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/view-image.php?image=46036&picture=moss

Reproduce through spores Ferns Roots Vascular tissue Reproduce through spores http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/view-image.php?image=47902&picture=fern-fronds

Reproduce through seed without flowers Gymnosperms Roots Vascular tissue Reproduce through seed without flowers http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/view-image.php?image=87047&picture=pine-cones

Flowering Monocots Dicots http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/view-image.php?image=54990&picture=flower

Cotyledons (initial seed leaves) Monocot One cotyledon Mono-one Cot-initial seed leaves Dicot Two cotyledons Di-two Cot-initial seed leaves http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/view-image.php?image=6430&picture=sunflower-seed

Veins parallel to leaf blade Leaf Veins Monocots Veins parallel to leaf blade Dicots Net-like veins http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/view-image.php?image=56040&picture=tropical-house-plant http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/view-image.php?image=44953&picture=plant

Roots Monocot Dicot Taproot Like a carrot Fibrous http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/view-image.php?image=98433&picture=uprooted-tree

Plant Classification: Hierarchical Classification Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/view-image.php?image=46408&picture=plant

Plant Classification: Hierarchical Classification Plant names are listed as: Genus-written in italics Species-written in italics Cultivar-not italicized, in quotation Known as Trinomial Nomenclature because of the three names http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/view-image.php?image=105699&picture=yellow-gold-shrub-on-wall

Plant Classification: Hierarchical Classification Known as a plant’s BOTANICAL NAME Standard-doesn’t change based on location Plants have “common names” Coneflower Snapdragon Plants can have multiple common names & they can be different based on location http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/view-image.php?image=87941&picture=purple-coneflower

Hierarchical Classification Trinomial Nomenclature Sheridan Spire Dawn Redwood (common name) Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Sheridan Spire’ Metasequoia- GENUS glyptostroboides-SPECIES ‘Sheridan Spire’-CULTIVAR http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/view-image.php?image=53339&picture=evergreen-tree-sprig&large=1

Plant Classification: Life Cycles Annual Completes life cycle in one growing season Biennial Completes life cycle in two growing seasons Perennial Life cycle exceeds two years http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/view-image.php?image=38511&picture=white-flower&large=1

Plant Classification: Perennial Life Cycles Herbaceous Perennials Woody Perennials Stems die back all the way to the ground New growth is generated each year from the roots Have persistent, bark covered or “woody” stems and branches Deciduous Lose leaves in the fall, regenerate in the spring Evergreen Do not lose leaves

Plant Classification: USDA Zones Plants survive in a certain range of temperature This range is called a zone Plants that survive in one climate might not survive in another Range of zones: 1-15 http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/view-image.php?image=79613&picture=growing-lemon&large=1

USDA Hardiness Zone Map http://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/PHZMWeb/#

USDA Hardiness Zones for Utah Zones 4A-9A Colder the zone, the lower the number http://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/PHZMWeb/#