BO 120 - Field Botany & Plant Taxonomy

3 Credits

Course Description: Native plants and communities of Alberta are studied focusing on general and applied plant botany. Students obtain practical field experience in plant community relationships while identifying, collecting, and preserving plants for further study. Students spend considerable time learning to use plant keys for taxonomic classification and for identifying plant species and families.

Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None

Lecture Hours: 42
Lab Hours: 30