I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Plant Taxonomy
2. Course Prefix & Number:
NATR 1115
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 2
Lecture Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 2
4. Course Description:
This course involves learning to identify vascular plants as well as develop an understanding for their morphology through dissection. The course will discuss botanical nomenclature, vegetative terminology, botanical descriptions, collecting and preserving, and a survey of vascular plant families. We will also discuss the use of keys.
5. Placement Tests Required:
6. Prerequisite Courses:
NATR 1115 - Plant Taxonomy
There are no prerequisites for this course.
9. Co-requisite Courses:
NATR 1115 - Plant Taxonomy
There are no corequisites for this course.
II. Transfer and Articulation
1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:
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Name of Institution
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Course Number and Title
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Credits
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U of M Crookston
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NatR3364 Plant Taxonomy
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3
|
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U of W Steven’s Point
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Forestry 232 and NRES 405(only if NATR 1120 - Dendrology is also taken); Forestry elective if taken alone.
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2
|
2. Transfer - regional institutions with which this course has a written articulation agreement:
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Name of Institution
|
Date of Acceptance
|
Discipline/Area/Program of Transfer
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|
U of W Steven’s Point
|
2007-2009
|
Forestry and Natural Resources
|
III. Course Purpose
Program-Applicable Courses – This course is required for the following program(s):
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Name of Program(s)
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Program Type
|
|
Natural Resources
|
AAS
|
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
| College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
| Demonstrate oral communication skills |
Students will be able to demonstrate oral communication skills though their power point presentations that discuss a particular plant family including its morphology, taxonomy, ecological relationships and various uses within our society. |
| Demonstrate written communication skills |
Students will demonstrate their understanding of plant taxonomy and ecological principles through a written paper assignment. |
| Analyze and follow a sequence of operations |
Students will be able to demonstrate the process of using a plant key, as well is to diagram and articulate various floral formulas to determine a particular plant family. |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
|
Expected Outcome
|
MnTC
Goal Area
|
|
Students will be able to discriminate between characteristics of various plants in eighty plant families through family descriptions, Latin and common Names, and by using various field books and keys.
|
|
|
Students will be able to construct flower diagrams and compare Floral formulas.
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|
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Students will be able to compose a written paper on a plant family from which they will also design a power point presentation showing the taxonomy, giving the floral formulas and diagrams and other pertinent , historical and cultural information.
|
|
|
Students will Construct a collection of slides from the internet for the 80 plant families we study over the semester.
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|
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
I. Introduction to Plant Taxonomy
A . Relationship of Taxonomy to other area of Biology
B. Basic Activities of Botany
C. Classification
|
II. Botanical Nomenclature
A. Scientific Names
B. International Code of Botanical Nomenclature
C. General Principles of Botanical Nomenclature
D. Discovering New Plants
III. Taxonomic Evidence
A. Characters and Character States
B. Vegetative Terminology
C. Definitions and Selected Terms
IV. Floras, Manuals and Botanical Descriptions
A. Construction of Keys
B. Use of Keys
C. Computers and Plant Identification – online keys
D. Botanical Descriptions
V. Introduction to the Flowering Plants
A. Origin and Relationships of Angiosperms
B. The Angiosperm Life Cycle
C. Survey of Flower and Fruit Terminology
VI. Various Plant Families
A. Family descriptions
B. Floral Diagrams
C. Floral formulas
VII. Student Presentations – will include forty different plant families
|
2. Laboratory/Studio Sessions
I. Arrangement of seeds to demonstrate the concept of Family, genus and species.
II. Lab exercise on Botanical Names and nomenclature.
III. The process of developing a key and the concepts involved
|
|
IV – X. Working on Plant Dissections of various plants that we get from floral that help us determine plant anatomy and family Characteristics. Plants include : Liliaceae, Roseaceae, Asteracea, Carophylacea, and others when possible.
|
|
XI-XIV. Examinations in Lab include, slide and plant identification that includes common names, common family and Latin Family names of the various field plants, woodland plants, aquatic plants, and ferns.
|
|
XV-XVII. These are outdoor Field labs to identify early spring plants by family and species.
|
I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Plant Taxonomy
2. Course Prefix & Number:
NATR 1115
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 2
Lecture Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 2
4. Course Description:
This course involves learning to identify vascular plants as well as develop an understanding for their morphology through dissection. The course will discuss botanical nomenclature, vegetative terminology, botanical descriptions, collecting and preserving, and a survey of vascular plant families. We will also discuss the use of keys.
5. Placement Tests Required:
6. Prerequisite Courses:
NATR 1115 - Plant Taxonomy
There are no prerequisites for this course.
9. Co-requisite Courses:
NATR 1115 - Plant Taxonomy
There are no corequisites for this course.
II. Transfer and Articulation
1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:
|
Name of Institution
|
Course Number and Title
|
Credits
|
|
U of M Crookston
|
NatR3364 Plant Taxonomy
|
3
|
|
U of W Steven’s Point
|
Forestry 232 and NRES 405(only if NATR 1120 - Dendrology is also taken); Forestry elective if taken alone.
|
2
|
2. Transfer - regional institutions with which this course has a written articulation agreement:
|
Name of Institution
|
Date of Acceptance
|
Discipline/Area/Program of Transfer
|
|
U of W Steven’s Point
|
2007-2009
|
Forestry and Natural Resources
|
III. Course Purpose
1. Program-Applicable Courses – This course is required for the following program(s):
|
Name of Program(s)
|
Program Type
|
|
Natural Resources
|
AAS
|
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
| College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
| Demonstrate oral communication skills |
Students will be able to demonstrate oral communication skills though their power point presentations that discuss a particular plant family including its morphology, taxonomy, ecological relationships and various uses within our society. |
| Demonstrate written communication skills |
Students will demonstrate their understanding of plant taxonomy and ecological principles through a written paper assignment. |
| Analyze and follow a sequence of operations |
Students will be able to demonstrate the process of using a plant key, as well is to diagram and articulate various floral formulas to determine a particular plant family. |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
|
Expected Outcome
|
MnTC
Goal Area
|
|
Students will be able to discriminate between characteristics of various plants in eighty plant families through family descriptions, Latin and common Names, and by using various field books and keys.
|
|
|
Students will be able to construct flower diagrams and compare Floral formulas.
|
|
|
Students will be able to compose a written paper on a plant family from which they will also design a power point presentation showing the taxonomy, giving the floral formulas and diagrams and other pertinent , historical and cultural information.
|
|
|
Students will Construct a collection of slides from the internet for the 80 plant families we study over the semester.
|
|
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
I. Introduction to Plant Taxonomy
A . Relationship of Taxonomy to other area of Biology
B. Basic Activities of Botany
C. Classification
|
II. Botanical Nomenclature
A. Scientific Names
B. International Code of Botanical Nomenclature
C. General Principles of Botanical Nomenclature
D. Discovering New Plants
III. Taxonomic Evidence
A. Characters and Character States
B. Vegetative Terminology
C. Definitions and Selected Terms
IV. Floras, Manuals and Botanical Descriptions
A. Construction of Keys
B. Use of Keys
C. Computers and Plant Identification – online keys
D. Botanical Descriptions
V. Introduction to the Flowering Plants
A. Origin and Relationships of Angiosperms
B. The Angiosperm Life Cycle
C. Survey of Flower and Fruit Terminology
VI. Various Plant Families
A. Family descriptions
B. Floral Diagrams
C. Floral formulas
VII. Student Presentations – will include forty different plant families
|
2. Laboratory/Studio Sessions
I. Arrangement of seeds to demonstrate the concept of Family, genus and species.
II. Lab exercise on Botanical Names and nomenclature.
III. The process of developing a key and the concepts involved
|
|
IV – X. Working on Plant Dissections of various plants that we get from floral that help us determine plant anatomy and family Characteristics. Plants include : Liliaceae, Roseaceae, Asteracea, Carophylacea, and others when possible.
|
|
XI-XIV. Examinations in Lab include, slide and plant identification that includes common names, common family and Latin Family names of the various field plants, woodland plants, aquatic plants, and ferns.
|
|
XV-XVII. These are outdoor Field labs to identify early spring plants by family and species.
|