Task · part of 8(C). Option C, Field Botany
8(C)(3). How an identification key works, and key out ten plants
Optional May not apply Often forgotten
Ten in addition to those already on your requirement 6 lists. Then the difference between common and scientific names, and why the scientific ones matter.
Notes and warnings
Warning. This requirement asks for ten plants "in addition to those in general requirement 5 above". Requirement 5 is about propagation and lists no plants: requirement 6 is the one with the plant lists. Option B's equivalent step, 8(B)(5)(C)(3), says "general requirement 6" for the same kind of reference, and the printed requirements book says 5 in both places. So one has been corrected and this one has not. Read it as requirement 6: your ten should be ten that are not already on those lists.
Where this step comes from
- Plant Science Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2025-12-31), Requirement 8(C)(3) · Refers to "general requirement 5 above" for a list of plants. Requirement 5 is propagation and lists none; requirement 6 carries the lists. The printed requirements book cites requirement 5 in this place and in 8(B)(5)(C)(3) as well, so the Option B reference has since been corrected and this one has not.