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| A leisure walk or field trip along
Lugard Road and Harleck Road on Victoria Peak can
be very relaxing and enjoyable. Students can go
there by tram at the tram terminal on Garden Road,
by bus No. 15 at Exchange Square or No. 15B at Tin
Hau MTR Station, and minibus No. 1 nearby Edinburgh
Square. |
Field Manual
野 外 手 冊
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| Project No. 3 is a "crash course"
on botany, the botany as found on Victoria Peak. |
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look for the plants that demonstrate certain
features and functions, |
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take a photo of the plant or plant parts
concerned or a photo of the student standing next to or
touching the plant (but not detaching or picking any plant
part), and |
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summarise the features or functions in short
phrases or use them as captions for the photos. When finished,
students can submit their reports and photos to <
webmaster@hkflora.com
> or send them to Hong Kong Flora and Vegetation
Team, Department of Biology, Chinese University of Hong
Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong. We shall arrange to have
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School name |
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Teacher and student names |
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Date, and |
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Report and photos |
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be covered (as much as possible) and students are welcome
to add any other relevant topics: |
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Plant Biodiversity: |
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a virus or viral infection, |
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an alga,
Alga |
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a lichen, |
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a fungus, |
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a bryophyte, |
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a fern, |
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a gymnosperm, |
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a dicotyledon angiosperm, and |
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a monocotyledon angiosperm. |
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Plant Forms |
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Habits |
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a herb, |
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a shrub, |
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a tree, |
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a vine, and |
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an epiphyte. |
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Plant Parts |
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Find an example of |
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a root, |
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an aerial root (e.g. Ficus elastica
印度橡樹), |
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Ficus elastica
(印度橡樹) |
Casuarina equisetifolia
(木麻黃) |
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a buttress root (e.g. Casuarina equisetifolia
木麻黃), |
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a stem, |
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a simple leaf, |
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a compound leaf, |
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a flower, |
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a fruit, and |
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a seed. |
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Plant Functions |
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Photosynthesis |
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a green leaf, and |
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a variegated leaf (e.g. Coleus scutellarioides
洋紫蘇).
Coleus scutellarioides
(洋紫蘇) |
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Protection |
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a spiny or thorny stem, |
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a hairy stem or leaf, and |
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a poisonous plant (e.g. Alocasia macrorrhiza
海芋 which contains needle-shaped oxalate crystals that
would cause swelling and inflammation in the mouth, if
eaten raw)
Alocasia macrorrhiza
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Reproduction |
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fern sorus, |
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Selaginella (卷柏) cone or strobilus,
Selaginella (卷柏) |
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an insect-pollinated flower (e.g. most flowers
with coloured petals), |
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a wind-pollinated flower (e.g. grasses),
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vegetative growth. |
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Dispersal |
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animal dispersal (e.g. fleshy, colourful
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wind dispersal, and |
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water dispersal (e.g. gemmae in the liverwort
Marchantia 地錢).
Marchantia (地錢) |
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Plant Ecology |
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Soil |
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Observe the difference in the diversity
and abundance of plants between cut slopes newly constructed
and those constructed several years ago. |
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Shade, Humidity, and Direction |
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Note the difference in the type of plants
found between slopes facing north and south, and the conditions
of plants growing on dry locations as compared to those
in wet locations |
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Weeds in disturbed habitats |
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Check how frequent weeds (e.g. Mikania
micrantha 薇甘菊) could be found.
Mikania micrantha
(薇甘菊) |
Mikania micrantha
(薇甘菊) |
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Plant-Animal Interaction |
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Find examples of pollination and dispersal
being conducted by animals, or insectivorous plants, if
any. |
