BIOL 114 - General Botany with Lab

4 Hour(s)

The course covers the distinguishing characteristics of major plant families, evolutionary relationships between major plant groups, how to use botanical keys and the dominant and identifying species within local habitat communities. Students will also learn how to use herbaria and how to prepare specimen for storage within them. During lab students will learn how to identify common and habitat-specific plant species of the Southeastern United States. The course is primarily a field course so students must expect to be outside every week. On several occasions during the semester, the lecture and lab sections of the class will meet in one continuous session to enable exploration of more remote vegetation communities. Three hours of lectures, one three hour lab.

Prerequisite(s): BIOL 101
Corequisite(s): BIOL 114L