Objective: to begin to get familiar with "drilling down" through a botanical guide.

Go to the address:

http://www.wisc.edu./botit/Systematics/Phyla/Phylum_directory.html

Note that this page includes all the phyla we have studied to date. "Drill down" by clicking on the following sequence of links:

  1. Magnoliophyta
  2. Magnoliopsida
  3. Rosidae
  4. Mimosaceae
  5. Mimosa
  6. Flowers_KS.jpg

Questions:

  1. Where is this plant found?
  2. What is the URL for this picture? Write down the full URL.
  3. How is the URL related to the "drill down" ?

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