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 Taxonomy.ppt
Read Smith’s Chapter 1, and CD notes on taxonomy,
cladistics
Week 2 :
Pteridophytes.ppt (lecture & lab)
Read Smith’s Chapter 2, and CD notes on ferns
(Miss_Ferns.doc)
Week 3 :
Pteridophytes.ppt; (lecture & lab)
Read handouts
Week 4 :
Gymnosperms.ppt
First
lab exam
Read
Smith’s Chapter 3, and CD notes on gymnosperms
Week 5 :
Gymnosperms.ppt (lecture & lab)
Week 6 :
Angiosperms.ppt (lecture)
Second
lab exam
Read CD notes on angiosperms
Week 7 :
Angiosperms.ppt
Read CD notes on angiosperms (lecture & lab);
flowers.ppt ; Plant Taxonomy Terms.doc ; Flower lab.doc;
floral morphology lab.doc
Week 8 :
Plant Morphology I (vegetative.ppt, flowers.ppt)
Read Smith’s Chapter 4
Week 9 :
Plant Morphology II (fruits.ppt), Fruit_lab.doc,
Review Smith’s Chapter 4 & Read Chapter 5
Week 10
:
Third lab exam
Using
Keys; Families; Plant Identification
Read in Smith’s Chapter 6, and CD notes on terminolgy
Bring “Carolina Keys” to lab
Week 11 :
Lecture on plant environment
Physiography of MS,
Physiognamy of MS,
Ecological Succession,
Soils of MS); Families; Plant
Identification
Read handouts and Smith’s Chapter 6
Bring “Carolina Keys” to lab
Week 12 :
Families; Plant Identification
Read in Smith’s Chapter 6; Herbarium practice, and
Smith’s Chapter 8
Bring “Carolina Keys” to lab;
DSU Herbarium
Week 13 :
Families; Plant Identification; graminoids
Read handouts, Smith’s Chapter 6, and CD notes on
graminoids
Bring “Carolina Keys” to lab
Week 14 :
Families; Plant Identification
Fourth
lab exam
Read
in Smith’s Chapter 6
Bring “Carolina Keys” to lab
Week 15 :
Families; Plant Identification
Read in Smith’s Chapter 6
Bring “Carolina Keys” to lab
DURING
FINALS WEEK
Final Exam