Category: Dissections

Plant 1: https://www.thinglink.com/scene/2018482632987247269

Plant 2: https://www.thinglink.com/scene/2018485207623008933

Plant 3: https://www.thinglink.com/scene/2018486540568625829

Plant 4: https://www.thinglink.com/scene/2018487853658407589

I hope this isn’t too late and that it works correctly—I just figured out how to get the links to work on here. I’ve put the links to each of the plants below. I couldn’t do all of them under one link.

Specimen 1: https://www.thinglink.com/view/scene/2003275357116957349

Specimen 2: https://www.thinglink.com/view/scene/2003288810384786085

Specimen 3: https://www.thinglink.com/view/scene/2003620159243158181

Specimen 4: https://www.thinglink.com/view/scene/2003627601150608037

There aren’t many flowers in my area right now so I had to make do (I hope it’s alright!). I tried to make up for it by doing a pretty tedious milkweed dissection and staining my hands trying to open a wild walnut… enjoy! There are some cool plants here endemic to my area.

Blue elderberry: https://www.thinglink.com/scene/2003769446455313061

California poppy: https://www.thinglink.com/scene/2003732453759386277

Northern California black walnut: https://www.thinglink.com/scene/2003748860295381669

Narrowleaf milkweed: https://www.thinglink.com/scene/2003759170477621925

This activity was so fun! I have never taken the time to dissect a flower ever before. I put a lot of time and research to learning more about these plants. I have included the sites I used to learn more about these plants.

Here are the flowers I chose to dissect and the links.

Common Fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium) – https://www.thinglink.com/scene/2003629080670372326

Grass of Parnassus, Bog Star (Parnassia palustris) – https://www.thinglink.com/scene/2003644404098662886

Rock Harlequin (Corydalis sempervirens (L.) Pers.) – https://www.thinglink.com/scene/2003655621915705830

Wild Mint, Field Mint (Mentha arvensis L.) – https://www.thinglink.com/scene/2003668186632815078

Here is my works cited.

• Corydalis Sempervirens in Flora of North America @ Efloras.Org, www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=233500447. Accessed 20 July 2025.
• Corydalis Sempervirens, www.fs.usda.gov/database/feis/plants/forb/corsem/all.html. Accessed 20 July 2025.
• “Grass of Parnassus – Parnassia Palustris – Alaska Wildflowers.” Lee Petersen, 15 July 2024, www.lwpetersen.com/alaska-wildflowers/grass-of-parnassus-parnassia-palustris/.
• “Mentha Arvensis.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 18 July 2025, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mentha_arvensis.
• “Plant Database.” Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center – The University of Texas at Austin, www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=COSE5#:~:text=USDA%20Native%20Status:%20L48%20(N,frequently%20in%20the%20Allegheny%20Mountains. Accessed 20 July 2025.
• “Plant Family Focus: Asteraceae.” Pottawattamie Conservation: County Parks and Programs, www.pottconservation.com/blog/plant_family_focus_asteraceae. Accessed 6 June 2025.
• Pratt, Verna E. Field Guide to Alaskan Wildflowers: Commonly Seen along the Highways and Byways: A Roadside Guide. Alaskakrafts, 2005.
• Schreier, Carl. A Field Guide to Wildflowers of the Rocky Mountains. Homestead Publishing, 2002.
• Trelawny, John G. S. Wild Flowers of the Yukon, Alaska & Northwestern Canada. Harbour Pub, 2009.
• Trelawny, John G. S. Wild Flowers of the Yukon, Alaska & Northwestern Canada. Harbour Pub, 2009.
• USDA Plants Database, plants.usda.gov/plant-profile/COSE5. Accessed 20 July 2025.

Hi! Here is my plant dissection assignment. I collected and dissected four different plant species found in Unalaska to explore their vegetative and reproductive structures.

Salmon Berry

https://www.thinglink.com/view/scene/2003683292011823972

Spring Beauties

https://www.thinglink.com/view/scene/2003660468413006692

Cow Parsnip

https://www.thinglink.com/view/scene/2003640551617856356

Creeping Buttercup

https://www.thinglink.com/view/scene/2003609498165445476

Tall bluebells (Mertensia paniculata) https://www.thinglink.com/scene/2003291085480133476

Wild geranium (Geranium erianthum) https://www.thinglink.com/scene/2002484824710840997

Dwarf Fireweed (Chamaenerion latifolium) https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1998926253133923172

Red campion (Silene dioica) https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1998576705253409636

Here’s my dissections!

Chamaenerion angustifolium L.

Delphinium elatum L.

Rosa acicularis Lindl.

Viburnum edule (Michx.) Raf