Plant ID Cards — Printable Field Guides

Want to learn more about plants in a classroom or group setting? These plant ID cards are a great way to start! They’re also fun for a scavenger hunt, or to place out with collected plant parts (seeds, leaves, flowers) on a table.

Note: This is one of a series of posts about field guides, which are resources to help with identification and learning about native, introduced, and invasive species of Hawaii.

Learn about native and introduced plants in lowland and coastal habitats, plus weeds with these plant cards from Hui o Ko’olaupoko: https://www.huihawaii.org/kaha-garden.html Direct link: https://www.huihawaii.org/uploads/1/6/6/3/16632890/appendix_h_-_single_sided_plant_id_cards.pdf

These Mālama Lā‘au cards were inspired by Pu‘ulani Lā‘au cards. Native and Polynesian-introduced canoe plants organized by habitat. Generalist, Coastal, Arid to Dry, and Mesic to Wet. https://www.c4gts.org/food-systems/ Direct link: https://www.c4gts.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/NativePlantCards_Print_1025_v6.pdf

Urban Tree Identification and Assement cards from Kaulunani, created as part of the Citizen Forester project: https://smarttreespacific.org/citizenforester Direct link: https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/forestry/files/2021/02/Citizen-Forester-Tree-Speices-ID-Guide-_HI-.pdf