Red Seal Landscape Horticulturist Identify Plants and Plant Requirements is an adaptation of KPU HORT 1155 Introduction to Plant Materials Lecture Notes. It is an editable, open access learning resource with interactive web based experiences customized for horticulture students studying plant identification.

This first edition supports student achievement of the Level 1 and 2 learning goals for Red Seal Landscape Horticulturist Line F2:

Identify plant and plant requirements for a range of plants commonly used in horticulture
Employ correct naming and plant identification terminology
Identify morphological characteristics, growing requirements, use and availability
Use a dichotomous key for plant identification
Explain plant hardiness
Identify weedy and invasive plants

Table of Contents
Part 1 - Plant Identification

1. Introduction to Plant
2. Introduction to Taxonomy
3. Introduction to Taxons
4. Introduction to Binomial Nomenclature
5. Conventions for Binomial Nomenclature
6. Nomenclature Review
7. The Meaning of Plant Names
8. Plant Growth
9. Introduction to Plant Classification
10. Classify Plants by Life Cycle
11. Introduction to Dichotomous Keys
12. Key to Plant Classification
13. Introduction to Plant Morphology
14. Plant Morphology - Leaves
15. Plant Morphology - Conifers
16. Plant Morphology - Flowers and Fruit
17. Plant Family Characteristics
Part 2 Plant Requirements and Use

18. Plant Habitats
19. Plant Use Categories
20. Plant Growth Characteristics
21. Characteristics of weedy species
22. Plant Hardiness
23. Plant Requirements

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Table of Contents
1. About Advanced Virginia Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners and the Tree Steward Training Manual
2. The Learning Experience
3. The Benefits (and Disadvantages) of Trees
4. Botany of Trees
5. Tree Taxonomy, Identification, and Measurement
6. Soil Properties and Management
7. Trees and Ecology
8. Siting, Selecting, and Planting
9. Tree Health Care and Pruning