BIOL 220(S) Field Botany and Plant Natural History (Same as Environmental Studies 220)

This field-lecture course emphasizes the evolutionary and ecological relationships among important species and plant families represented in the local and regional flora. The natural history of groups of plants and plant family characteristics are the main topics of course lectures and workshops, while field labs concentrate on identifying species and investigating the habitats that they inhabit. There will be one all-day field trip in addition to the regularly scheduled laboratory excursions.
Evaluation will be based on hour exams, field quizzes, a field project, and a final exam.
Lectures, workshops, and field trips: six hours a week.
Enrollment limited to 36.
No prerequisites.
Satisfies distribution requirement in major.

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