If you are a
graduating senior, this schedule will be slightly modified
to accommodate your graduation – I’ll
e-mail you later in this regard.
Tentative
Schedule:
Week 1
:
Introduction
to Plant Taxonomy;
Lecture: Forest Resources
Lab: Wood Anatomy & Wood Properties
SEE:
HandoutNo.1.doc,
SEC_GROWTH_LAB.doc, Wood Anatomy_1.doc, Wood Anatomy_2.doc,
Wood Anatomy_3.doc
Week 2 :
Gymnosperms (lecture & lab)
SEE: HandoutNo.
2_Gymnos.doc, Miss_Conifer_Species.doc,
DendroGymnosperms.ppt, WoodDensity Lab.doc, Plant
Identification, use A Key to Common Trees.doc
Week 3 :
Gymnosperms (lecture & lab)
SEE: Miss_Conifer_Species.doc,
DendroGymnosperms.ppt, DendroGymnoLab.doc, Plant
Identification, dendrochronology.doc, use A Key to Common
Trees.doc
Week 4 :
Angiosperms
SEE: dendro.mono.angiosper.ppt,
dendro.angiosperms 2.ppt, dendro.angiosperms 3.ppt, Handout
No.3.doc
First
Lab Exam:
use A Key to Common Trees.doc
Week 5 :
Angiosperms (lecture & lab)
SEE: Handout
No.3.doc, Plant Identification, use A Key to Common
Trees.doc
Week 6 :
Plant Morphology I
Leaves & flowers: see HandoutNo.3.doc
Lecture:
Second Lab Exam, Plant Identification
Week 7 :
Plant Morphology II
Seeds, fruits: see HandoutNo.3.doc
Lecture & lab: see dendro_Fruit_lab.doc
Woody Families: Plant Identification
Week 8
:
Third Lab Exam
Woody Families, Plant Identification
Week 9 :
Lectures on Forest Ecology
Link to these sites:
Physiography of MS, Physiognomy of MS, Ecological Succession, Soils of MS
SEE: dendro_distribution.ppt
READ: Silvics/ecology.doc,
Forest Regions of the USA.doc, DendroPhysiography.ppt,
Dendro.Succession.ppt, forest distribution, deforestation,
Woody Families, Forest Metrics, Plant Identification
Week 10 :
Woody Families
Plant Identification
Week 11 :
Woody Families
Plant Identification
Week 12 :
Woody Families
Plant Identification, Herbarium practice
Link to this site:
DSU Herbarium
Week 13 :
Woody Families
Plant Identification
Week 14 :
Twig ID
Link to these sites
http://www.backyardnature.net/woodtwig.htm
http://www.cnr.vt.edu/dendro/dendrology/syllabus/twigkey/location.htm
http://www.bioquest.org/EStanley/twigkey.html
Woody Families, Plant Identification
SEE: twig_id.doc,
view dendro.winter botany.ppt
Fourth
Lab Exam
Week 15 :
Woody Families
Plant Identification
DURING FINALS
WEEK
Final
Exam