BIOL 133 - Field Botany

Credits: 5
Variable Credit Course: No

Lecture Hours: 44
Lab Hours: 22
Worksite/Clinical Hours: 0
Other Hours (LIA/Internships): 0

Course Description: The identification, life histories, ethnobotany, ecological relationships, distributions of evolutionary trends of endemic ferns, conifers, and flowering plants. Field trips may be required. Labs included.

Prerequisite: ENGL 099 with a grade of C or higher (or placement into college-level English); and MATH 096 with a C or higher (or placement into MATH 097/WMATH 100).
Distribution Requirements:

Natural Sciences Distribution Requirement

Meets FQE Requirement: No
Integrative Experience Requirement: No

Student Learning Outcomes

Be familiar with basic reproductive structures and strategies of ferns, conifers, and flowering plants.
Use keys in the identification of native plants.
Become acquainted with the common native ferns, conifers, and flowering plants here in the Pacific Northwest.
Apply understanding and application of concepts learned to research and present materials on ethnobotany.

Course Contents

Ferns-reproduction, types, and ecology
Conifers-reproduction, types, and ecology
Flowering plants-reproduction, types, ecology, form, and function
Seeds and fruits-form, structure, and adaptive strategies
Pollination in flowering plants
Ecology of Northwest native plants
Field and laboratory interpretation of ferns, conifers, and flowering plants
Recognition of features of selected plant families
Field recognition of important local species of ferns, conifers, and flowering plants

Instructional Units: 5.5