Always bring all text material (Lecture Notes, Lab Handouts, Lab Key) to lab. This includes lab practicals and field trips. The hand lens is a necessity for the field trips.
LAB: TOPIC ASSIGNMENT (J&L)
29 May Exercise in Key Construction 207-215
31 May Using the Key - Vegetative Characters 216-232
188-205
2 June Using the Key - Reproductive Characters 232-252
5 June Lecture EXAM I (Spring, 95) - FIELD TRIP
7 June Family studies - Magnoliidae/Hamamelidae 296-324
9 June Family studies - Caryophyllidae 324-333
12 June LAB PRACTICAL I, Herbarium Tour
14 June Lab Workday (1st 5 Collection specimens due)
16 June Family studies - Dilleniidae 335-350
19 June Family studies - Rosidae 351-391
21 June FIELD TRIP (Lick Creek Park)
23 June Family studies - Asteridae 391-418
26 June Family studies - Liliopsida I 418-450
28 June Family studies - Liliopsida II
Full collections due, as well as
collection logs, and plant presses 418-450
30 June LAB PRACTICAL II - Lab notebooks duePLANT COLLECTION: 20 complete specimens of 20 different species of flowering plants. These must represent 15 angiosperm families. All material must be collected this session. No specimens from cultivation. Five specimens will be due during your lab during the week of 14 June. These will be graded and returned so you can check your progress. These will be corrected and resubmitted with the other 15 specimens. The final collection (all 20 plants) is due during your lab period during the week of 28 June. Plant presses will be issued in lab on 31 May. (see Lab Handouts, p. 10)
KEY QUIZZES: Short Quizzes will be given during most lab periods, testing your ability to key out any unknown plant using your lab-manual key or one that we will give you. While you cannot study for these per se, keeping up with the lab and learning to recognize plant families will help you do well.
GRADING:
Lab Practical I 50 points
Lab Practical II 50
Key quizzes 100
Plant Collection 100
Notebook/Collection Log 50
350 Total lab points
NOTES:
Always bring all text material (Lecture Notes, Lab Handouts, Lab Key) to lab. This includes lab practicals and field trips. The hand lens is a necessity for the field trips.
Room 004 will be closed while not in use. However, we want you to have as much access to it as possible, so if you need to get in, just find Monique and she will be glad to unlock the door for you. There will be no access to room 004 during the lab practical weeks. Instead, a review will be set up elsewhere.
BE PREPARED for field trips. Wear sturdy shoes or boots and long pants; be aware of the sun, the weather, insects, and snakes. A little caution and planning can make the field trips one of the best parts of the course.
KEEP IN MIND: We will be stressing your ability to USE A TAXONOMIC KEY and to IDENTIFY IMPORTANT FAMILIES AND GENERA ON SIGHT. We assume no prior experience and we EXPECT some problems at the beginning of the semester. Keep up with the labs and make good use of our facilities, materials, and expertise to develop your knowledge and skills.
Plant presses must be returned at the time plant collections are due. Failure to return a press results in a grade of 'I' and the blocking of fees and registration for the following semester. Grades are restored and blocks removed when the press is returned.
If you have any problems or questions related to the course or lab, please do not hesitate to contact Dr. Wilson, Monique, or Pat.