Date
Lab #
Schedule
Sept. 02
1 Introduction and Vegetative parts of a grass plant and development of grasses.
Sept. 04 2 Quiz; introduction to plant collections (press collections, collecting, notebook, data, labels, and mounting specimens). Herbarium tour.
Sept. 9 3 Assignment; Introduction to spikelet variation and interpretation. 
Sept. 11 4 Quiz; inflorescence types, terminology, and problrems.
Sept. 16 5 Quiz; construction of diagnostic keys for identification.
Sept. 18 6 Quiz; construction of diagnostic keys for identification.
Sept. 23 7 * Poeae tribe spikelet variation, interpretation, and keying. Prepare key to seperate generea keyed within this tribe.
Sept. 25 8 * Aveneae tribe spikelet variation, interpretation, and keying
Sept. 30 9 Test(Check 4 specimens & notebook). History of grass classification.
Oct. 2 10 * Triticeae, Meliceae, and Stipeae tribe spikelet variation, interpretation, and keying.
Oct. 4 ! FIELD TRIP - OUT OF AREA
Oct. 7 11 FIELD TRIP - Vegetatiive Keys and identification.
Oct. 9 12 Key your own collections.
Oct. 14 13 * Eragrosteae tribe spikelet variation, interpretation, and keying.
Oct. 16 14 Keying Test.
Oct. 21 15 Sight I.D. Test. (bring handlens, clipboard, and pencil). Chlorideae tribe spikelet variation, interpretation, and keying.
Oct. 23 16 * Aeluropodeae - Unioleae - Pappaphoreae tribe spikelet variation, interpretation, and keying.
Oct. 28 17 Keying Test. Key your own collection.
Oct. 30 18 Test. * Criteria for subfamily and tribal classification.
Nov. 04 19 * Paniceae tribe spikelet variation, interpretation, and keying.
Nov. 06 20 * Andropogoneae tribe spikelet variation, interpretation, and keying.
Nov. 11 21 Keying Test. Key your own collection.
Nov. 13 22 Keying Test. * Aristideae, Arundineae, Danthoieae, Centotheceae, Bambuseae, Oryzeaea tribe spikelet variation, interpretation, and keying.
Nov. 18 23 Key your collection.
Nov. 20 24 Key your collection. Nomenclature and annotations
Nov. 25 25 Collection due 5:00 p.m. Turn it in at the Tracy Herbarium.
Dec. 02 26 Keying Test
Dec. 04 27 Sight I.D. Test.
Dec. 09 28 Test (final).
* Note specimens for study, representing subfamilies, tribes, and genera. Start to learn the names and the spellings.