Talk:Water howellia
(For Wikipedia users, I'm providing feedback on this article as part of a biology class. Please give time for the changes to be made.)
First of all, good article. I seem harsh because I love Wikipedia, and I've begun editing multiple articles. So I'm really sorry. You've done your research, and I've learned quite a bit about the Water howellia. It's really sad that it's endangered. Maybe we could genetically engineer it to avoid humans? Just kidding.
Try a photo. I uploaded one, and to insert the picture into the article, copy this text into your article:
[[Image:Whbio.JPG|thumb|left|110px|The ''Howellia aquatilis''. Image from CalPhotos, click for more information.]] and it will look like the picture to the left.
I don't believe that Grey discovered the Water howellia. I know it says this on the website that you looked at, but when I did research it seemed that Gray is actually a current researcher in the field, and the plant was discovered by Thomas and Joseph Howell in 1897 on Sauvie Island. See i.e., http://www.centerforplantconservation.org/ASP/CPC_ViewProfile.asp?CPCNum=2278
Your citations seem to be incorrect. Please list the actual website authors in the citation, not the original authors. Then link them to the place you found them, if on the internet, at the bottom of your article.
The Water Howellia article uses different capitilization techniques for Water Howellia. I'm not sure which one you want to use, but keep it consistent.
Change this sentence in plant life, because of comma and verb agreement errors:
The seeds, however, need high level of oxygen to germinate. Germination occurs in the fall.
You can create a link to germination by adding [[Germination]] in your page.
The following sentence is awkward, and use lose, not loose:
When the wetlands or ponds start to loose water or dry up the flowers and fruit stop growing and start to disappear. So the spreading of seeds from the fruit depends on the season and how long it will last.
In the following sentence, states is spelled incorrectly. Furthermore, the demonstrative adjective (thanks google) is referring to something that is mentioned in the first paragraph. Please change the following sentence (suggestion):
These states are becoming...
to:
The states where Water Howellia plants live are being developed, and houses and roads are taking up the habitat of the flower.
The next sentence after this is a fragment and is also awkward.
Link germination in the next sentence by adding a [[Germination]] tag.
The sentence beginning with Some other reason needs to be changed, also. There are multiple reasons, so a disagreement exists between the predicate and the subject. Change this beginning to, Other reasons include the change....
Delete the last sentence. I don't think you need a conclusion sentence for a Wikipedia article, and this just adds to the clutter of the article.
Also, you might want to start the Howellia page. It's not started, but you could put a link to your article as an example.
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