How Do You Identify A Small Shrub?
Now that the distribution of cultivated plants is worldwide, the identification of any particular plant that you might come across can be a daunting task. For example, right in your front yard, you probably already have many types of plants, some of which are native to other parts of the world. Take a close look at the leaf of the shrub to determine if the plant is a conifer or flowering plant. This is a very simple task, for conifers have needles instead of leaves, though there are a few flowering plants with a leaf that might slightly resemble a needle. Continue your investigation by looking at the reproductive part of the plant to see if it is a cone or a flower. For this task, we will concentrate on the identification of flowering plants, but there are many different species of conifers that one might growing as a shrub in residential or business neighborhoods. Identification of these plants is also important. Look at the flowering plant and learn to separate the monocots from the
