Label Data

Biology 59: Plant Biology

George M. Diggs, Jr.
Department of Biology and Center for Environmental Studies
Austin College, Sherman, Texas
& Research Associate, Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT), Fort Worth

Label Data for Last Collecting Lab

GRAYSON County: Herman Baker Park, 5 km (by road) SE of downtown Sherman, ca. 1.6 km S of Hwy. 56.

Don't forget to put specific habitat, flower color, etc.!

33° 37' 12" N 96° 37' 58" W

Elevation: ca. 220 m 30 October 2003

GRAYSON County: Hagerman National Wildlife Reguge; Headquaters ca. 18 km (by air) NW of Sherman; ca. 10 km (by air) S of the Texas-Oklahoma state line.

In dried up bed of Meadow Pond, E of Mineral Creek, ca. 2.75 km SW of Big Mineral Acess Area on road ± parallel to Mineral Creek, NE of where this road crosses Mineral Creek (near old collapsed bridge & current gabbion bridge).

Don't forget to put habitat, associates, flower color, plant height, etc.

ca. 33° 42' N 96° 48' W

Elevation: ca. 190 m 16 October 2003

GRAYSON County: Northern part of county; Loy Lake Park, just off Loy Lake Road, ca. 7 km (by road) N of Hwy. 82, near Loy Lake exit off of Hwy 75, ca. 5.6 km (by air) SW of downtown Denison.

Put habitat here. Don't forget flower color, plant size, etc.!

ca. 33° 43' 55" N 96° 35 44" W

Elevation: ca. 210 m 9 October 2003

GRAYSON County: Ciaccio Sand Pit; sandy area in what was the old bed of the Red River, just south of current Red River channel, approx. 6.5 km (by air) ENE of Denison, north of Hwy 120.

Don't forget to put specific habitat, flower color, etc.!

33° 46' 38" N 96° 28' 18" W

Elevation: ca. 150 m 2 October 2003

Label Data for Second Lab

Don't forget to put authorities for scientific names---IMPORTANT!

GRAYSON County: Around Waterloo Lake, ca. 10 km (by road) N of Hwy 82, at end of Park St. (a small dead end street off Loy Lake Road); ca. 2.5 km (by air) SW of Downtown Denison.

Don't forget to put specific habitat, flower color, etc.!

33° 44' 14" N 96° 34' 10" W

Elevation: ca. 210 m

25 September 2003

Label Data for First Lab---Use format given on handout and in your book (in appendix on collecting plant specimens)

Location: GRAYSON County: Northern part of county; near mouth of Shawnee Creek where it empties into the Red River, just east of Denison Dam (which forms Lake Texoma).

Extra Information: Don't forget habitat, flower color, plant size, etc.!

Latitude/Longitude: ca. 33° 49' 11" N 96° 34' W

Elevation: ca. 155 m

Date: 4 September 2003

Collector: Your name with George Diggs and Botany Class

Collection number: Don't forget your collection number