Florida Plant ID
This Plant Identification Learning Module is an online tool for learning about plants. It is useful to plant enthusiasts as well as Florida 4-H Youth and Master Gardener volunteers preparing for state contests.
Images and information on 200 vegetables, fruits, flowers and landscape plants are included. Use the handy self-test option to judge your progress.
How to Use the Learning Module
The module is broken into four plant categories: fruits and nuts, vegetables, flowers and indoor plants, and ornamentals. After choosing a category, you'll find a list of plants that are included in the competition. Each of these links will take you to a page going into more detail about that plant. At the end of the list, there is a self-guided quiz you can take.
- Glossary of terms used in the module
- Thanks and acknowledgments to those who made the module possible
Contest Rules and Glossary
Please read the EDIS publication, "Florida 4-H Horticulture Identification and Judging: Contest Rules and Glossary"
4-H Scoresheets (PDF)
Participant Instructions
- County teams can have 3 or 4 members. The low score from the team of 4 will be dropped. You can also participate as an individual.
- Do your own work — no talking during or after.
- 20 minutes per station with a 5 minute warning.
- If you finish early, stand against the wall in your group. No talking.
- If you need clarification of the sample or the sample moved, raise your hand.
- Gentle touching of ID samples is okay. Do not move samples from the plate.
- On the judging samples, do not move or touch. The judging section has new scoresheets.
- No tasting of samples.
- After the contest is over, we will do a sample review with tags out that you can take pictures of.
Study Resources
Another helpful online resource is Judging Horticulture Products from the National Junior Horticultural Association.