Table 1 Observation recording scheme for different plant growth forms
From: Flora Capture: a citizen science application for collecting structured plant observations
Perspective | Growth form | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Herb or shrub | Tree | Grass or sedge | Fern | |
Mandatory | Whole plant | Stem | Whole grass | Whole fern |
Flower top | Bark | Inflorescence | Leaf tip | |
Flower side | Leaf top | Flower | Leaf back | |
Leaf top | Leaf back | Leaf tip | ||
Leaf back | Ligule | |||
Leaf back | ||||
Optional | Fruit | Whole tree | ||
Inflorescence top | Fruit | |||
Inflorescence side | Bud | |||
Additional leaf top | ||||
Additional leaf back | ||||
Characteristic feature | ||||