Wetland Plant Taxonomy
Lab Schedule
2006

 

Date	Lab	Description
8/28	1.	Introduction; collecting, pressing, and mounting of wetland plants. Collection data, labels, and field book. Key representatives of the Fabaceae.
8/30	2.	Floral variation and keying representatives of Fabaceae, Ruppiaceae, and Asteraceae.
9/4	3.	Floral variation and keying representatives of Cymodoceaceae, Apiaceae and Asteraceae.
9/6	4.	Floral variation and keying representatives of Alismataceae, Lemnaceae, and Polygonaceae.
9/11	5.	Keying Test.
9/13	6.	Keying inconspicuously flowered plants.
9/18	7.	Vegetative and floral parts of the Cyperaceae.
9/20	8.	Key Cyperaceae to genus.
9/25	9.	Key Cyperaceae to species.
9/27	10.	Sight I.D. Test over herbs, shrubs, trees, floating, submergent and fern ally.
10/2	11.	Key Cyperaceae to species.
10/4	12.	Keying Test (CYPERACEAE)
10/9	13.	Key Cyperaceae to species.
10/11	14.	Key Cyperaceae to species.
10/16	15.	Floral variation and keying representatives of Juncaceae and Typhaceae.
10/18	16.	Keying Test. (CYPERACEAE, JUNCACEAE, TYPHACEAE)
10/23	17.	Vegetative and spikelet parts of grasses.
10/25	18.	Spikelet variation and inflorescences.
10/30	19.	Spikelet variation and keyig representatives of the Poeae, Aveneae, and Cynodonteae.
11/1	20.	Keying Test. (POACEAE)
11/6	21.	Spikelet variation and keying representatives of Pappophoreae, Paniceae, and Andropogoneae.
11/8	22.	Sight I.D. Test over herbs, shrubs, trees, floating, submergent, fern ally and grass likes.
11/13	23.	Spikelet variation and keying representatives of the Bambuseae, Oryzeae, Danthonieae, Centotheceae, and Arundineae.
11/15	24.	Key your own collections.
11/20	25.	Key your own collections.
11/27	26.	Key your own collections.
11/29	27.	Keying Test. (POACEAE)
12/4	28.	Sight I.D. Test cumulative to include grasses. Key your own collection.
12/6		Collections are due December 6, 2006 at 5:00 p.m. in the Tracy Herbarium.
Tests:		Midterm: October 11 Final: December 12 3:30-5:30pm