Agrostology
3 Cr. (1-6)
Fall 2007
Grading Plant Collections
First Installment:
ATTENTION:
Collections due October 12, 2007 at or before 4:59 pm in 103 A, Animal Industries Building.
These specimens, labels, identifications, and summary sheets are to be saved and turned in as the first
part of the second installment.
| Requirements:
No less than 10 specimens (species) in collection.
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Grading of this installment of the plant collection is intended to help you make a better grade on the second installment. This will also help reduce the time spent on the collection at the end of the semester.
Grading Structure:
30 points total possible
| Identification: | 10.0 |
| Specimen Quality: | 10.0 |
| Labels: | 5.0 | Notebook: | 5.0 |
| TOTAL | 30.0 |
| w/o Summary Sheet | -2 pts. |
| Late | -5 pts. per day |
Second Installment:
Collections due December 4, 2007 at or before 4:59 pm in 103 A, Animal Industries Building.
| Requirements:
No less than 50 species in collection;
|
Grading Structure:
100 points total possible
| Identification: | 50.0 |
| Specimen Quality: | 25.0 |
| Labels: | 15.0 |
| Notebook: | 10.0 |
| TOTAL | 100.0 |
| Late | -10% per day |
| Wrong genus | -1.0 pt. each |
| Wrong specific epithet | -0.40 pt. each |
| ---------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------- |
| Bad ties | -3.0 pt. total |
| Bad pressing, paper | -3.0 pt. total |
| Double paper | -3.0 pt. total |
| Wrong or no authorities | -3.0 pt. total |
| No summary sheet | -8.0 pt. total |
| No sci. names in notebook | -2.0 pt. total |
| Incomplete notebook | -5.0 pt. total |
| Not in summary sheet order | -5.0 pt. total |
| No authority in notebook | -2.0 pt. total |
| No holes in notebook | -5.0 pt. total |
| Summary sheet w/o numbers | -2.0 pt. total |
| ---------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------- |
| Fewer than 50 species | -2.0 pt. each |
| Fewer than 25 genera | -2.0 pt. each |
| Fewer than 22 genera | Fail |
| var. or subsp. wrong | -0.1 pt. each |
| 1st install labels, summary sheet, & specimens not inc. | -2 pts. |
Do your labels on the computer in WordPerfect, include your disk with the collection.
If using Microsoft Word turn off self correct. It misspells scientific names.
Collections due December 4, 2007 at or before 4:59 pm in 103 A, Animal Industries Building.
Late Collection -10% per day late starting at 12/04/07, 5:00 p.m.
Unsatisfactory collections will result in an F for the course. Scores of less than 60% are considered unsatisfactory.
DO NOT COLLECT:
| Cynodon dactylon (L.) Per. | burmudagrass |
| Hordeum vulgare L. | barley |
| Oryza sativa L. | rice |
| Pennisetum setaceum (Forssk.) Choiv. | fountaingrass |
| Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench | sorghum |
| Stenotaphrum secundatum (Schult. & Schult. f.) Aschers & Graebn. | St. Augustinegrass |
| Triticum aestivum L. | wheat |
| Zea mays L. | corn |
| Cortaderia selloana (Walt.) Kuntz | pampasgrass |
| Avena sativa L. | oats |
| Zoysia spp. | zoysiagrass |
| Uniola paniculuta L. | sea-oats |
| Zizania texana A. Hitchc. | Texas wildrice |
| Cultivated or landscaped species |