Forensic Botany

Groups of plants usually dominated by one species are also known as.

• assemblages

• dominate species

• botany

• habitat

What was the first case that accepted botanical evidence

• Plato's Phaedo 399BC

• Arthur Koehler case

• Lindbergh/ Hauptman case

• Natalie Mirabel case

How long can pollen grains survive?

• Few weeks

• Decade

• Days

• 5 years

When collecting evidence, tall plants and vines should be

• Coiled up

• Zigzagged

• Frozen

• Cut in segments

Classification of plants

• Dendrochronology

• Limnology

• Palynology

• Systematics

Study of pollen and spores

• Ecology

• Dendrochronology

• Palynology

• Molecular biology

A flowering plant that produces seeds within a fruit

• Pistil

• Angiosperm

• Gymnosperm

• Trees

A limitation of forensic botany is that all living things decompose quickly.

• True

• False

A skilled botanist may be able to identify a type of habitat from a fragment of a plant.

• True

• False

Sometimes it is possible to determine where a victim drowned by examining the number and proportion of __________________ and __________________ in a

• diatoms and algae

• Diatoms and fish eggs

• Water

• Bacteria