Overview
Description
Identification, distribution, and management of the major range plants and forest trees occurring in the western U.S.
Requirements
Prerequisites
- Junior or Senior standing
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
Junior or Senior standing.
Units
Lecture2
Laboratory Studio1
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall
Terms
fall
Restrictions
Junior or Senior standing
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- identify, through field trips and lab studies, dominant plants in three major ecosystems in our region (montane, sagebrush/foothills, salt desert), and demonstrate familiarity with plants that grow in riparian areas.
- sight identify about 70 important species from these ecosystems.
- describe major characteristics of about 50 plant families and recognize major families by sight.
- demonstrate skills needed to key unknown plants to family.
- demonstrate understanding of the basics of plant naming conventions, plant evolution, and systematics.
- show familiarity with practical issues surrounding plants, including toxins and poisonous plants, edible plants, rare plant conservation, and native plant horticulture and restoration.