Freshwater Plant Puzzle Observation Chart

Purpose: Students will increase identification and observation skills.

Directions: After putting the puzzle together, list five examples for each category: animals, emersed plants, floating and floating-leaved plants, grasses/sedges/rushes, invasive plants, and submersed plants. In the same box, write a brief description (leaf shape, leaf arrangements, flower description (if it’s in bloom).

animals
emersed plants
floating and floating-leaved plants
grasses, sedges and rushes
invasive plants
submersed plants

Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants, UF/IFAS

A collaboration of the UF/IFAS Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants
and the Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Invasive Plant Management.
Written by C & E 5/30/2007 UE
SSS: SC.A.1.2, SC.F.1.2, SC.G.1.2, SC.H.3.2, SC.H.1.2

Freshwater Plant Puzzle Observation Chart

A collaboration of the UF/IFAS Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants and the Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Invasive Plant Management. Written by C & E 5/30/2007 UE SSS: SC.A.1.2, SC.F.1.2, SC.G.1.2, SC.H.3.2, SC.H.1.2

A collaboration of the UF/IFAS Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants
and the Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Invasive Plant Management.
Written by C & E 5/30/2007 UE
SSS: SC.A.1.2, SC.F.1.2, SC.G.1.2, SC.H.3.2, SC.H.1.2