Plant Classification Lesson

Classifying Plants

SOL 1.4

There are many kinds of
plants

▪ We can sort the

plants into different
categories

*Edible and non-edible
*Flowering and non-flowering
*Evergreen and deciduous

Multiple Choice

What is one way plants can be sorted ?

• Edible and non edible

• Tall and short

• Pretty and not pretty

Edible Plants

▪ Plants that can be

eaten

▪ Many of these are

grown by farmers for
us to eat

Non-Edible Plants

▪ Should not be eaten

by humans

▪ Could make you very

sick or may just taste
bad

Multiple Choice

Which group of plants is edible?

• Apples, spinach, blueberries, zucchini

• Grass, weeds, poison ivy

Flowering plants

▪ They produce flowers
▪ Seeds come from the

flowers

▪ Some flowers turn

into fruits or
vegetables

Non-Flowering Plants

▪ Does not produce

flowers

Evergreen Trees

▪ Stay green

throughout the year

▪ Often produce cones

– but not always

Deciduous Trees

▪ Lose their leaves in

the fall

▪ Most fruit trees are

deciduous

Multiple Select

Mark all of the evergreen plants.

• Holly

• Douglas Fur

• Red Oak

How can you classify this
plant?

▪ Edible
▪ Flowering
▪ Deciduous

How about this one?

▪ Evergreen
▪ Non-edible
▪ Non-flowering

Poll

Which edible plant is your favorite?

• banana

• carrots

• corn

• grapes

Poll

Which flower do you think is the prettiest?

• columbine

• sunflower

• plumeria

• dahlia