Local Flora bot 51C – Spring 2015 Meeting time: Fridays, periods – (9: 35 am – 3: 50 pm) credits
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- Instructors : Dr. Christine Davis Greg Stull
- Phone: (352) 846-1156 (614) 406-2119 Email
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- 5) Final group field project.
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- Meeting Agenda Meeting place
- Lecture 1
- Lecture 2
- Exam 1 Field trip 1: Ocala National Forest
- Quiz 1 Field trip 2 : Anastasia State Park
- Quiz 2 Field trip 3: Seahorse Key Marine Laboratory
- Quiz 3 Key exercise 1 Field trip 4
- Quiz 4 Key exercise 2 Field trip 5
- Quiz 5 Lecture 3
- SPRING BREAK – no class Mar. 13 Quiz 6
- Quiz 7 Field trip 7: Alfred J. Ring Park
- Quiz 8 Key exercise 4 Field trip 8: NATL
- Quiz 9 Field trip 9: Morningside Nature Center
- Group field project at NATL
- Final quiz Exam 2 – open notes
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Local Flora - BOT 3151C – Spring 2015 Meeting time: Fridays, periods 3 – 8 (9:35 am – 3:50 pm) 3 credits
Description: Local flora is a fun, field intensive course in which you’ll be introduced to local Florida plant communities and ecosystems and learn to identify the plants within them. Get ready for immersion! The course has no official academic prerequisites, so students may come to the class having had no previous botany background. Local flora requires students to master some basic botanical concepts in order to do well. If you are a beginner, don't worry! All the botany you need to know will be taught as we go along. If you are more advanced, you will still find the course challenging. We make every effort to make the course valuable to everyone. Learning outcomes: by the end of this course, you will be able to:
Required Textbook: Wunderlin, R. P. and Hansen, B.F. 2011. Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida, 3rd Edition. University Press of Florida, Gainesville (available at UF Bookstore). Recommended book: Myers, R.L., and J.J. Ewel, eds. 1990. Ecosystems of Florida. University of Central Florida Press, Orlando (available from online booksellers ~$30). Required equipment: A 10x or 15x hand lens (available at UF Bookstore or online sources) A pair of pruning shears (available at hardware and gardening stores)
≥ 90 – 100 = A ≥ 80 – < 90 = B ≥ 70 – < 80 = C ≥ 60 – < 70 = D
TOTAL 1020 Description of the components of your grade: 1) Plant quizzes. These quizzes test your knowledge of the plant species we’ve learned on field trips. You’ll be expected to identify the species using freshly cut specimens or living specimens in the field. For each plant species, you should also know whether it is native to Florida or introduced, and what use or importance it has (if any) to humans. Each plant quiz is cumulative. Only Latin binomial plant names will be accepted: Correct genus name = 2 pts. Correct species (genus name plus specific epithet) = 3pts. No credit will be given for common names. 2) Exams. Your first exam will cover everything presented in lecture and lab prior to it. This exam is closed notes. Your second exam will cover everything examined in the graded homework activities and the lectures presented after the first exam. It is open notes. 3) Key exercises. We’ll use our course textbook and other sources to identify unknown plants. On the days we are doing key exercises, please be sure to bring your book!! See the schedule at the end of the syllabus. 4) Graded homework activities. For these, you’ll be given resources and asked to complete a homework assignment. Your participation in these activities is essential for you to understand plant communities, and will form the basis of the notes you can access to take the open notes Exam 2. See the schedule at the end of the syllabus for assignments and due dates. 5) Final group field project. The class will divide into small groups to complete an exercise in basic floristic sampling. Each group will summarize their findings in a report to be given orally in class and submitted on paper. It will take place on at the Natural Areas Teaching Lab. 6) Final plant quiz. This is the cumulative quiz testing your identification skills for all plant species learned in the course. Field trips: We will take nine field trips to visit many different types of plant communities. We will be studying the local plant life right in the places where the plants grow, and you will be learning basic techniques of field botany. On these field trips, you’ll collect and learn to identify the plants upon which you’ll be quizzed. You’ll also get a chance to look at the plant communities we’ve been learning about, and have a lot of fun seeing other creatures, too. Bring to the field trips: clippers, bags for collecting plants, clipboard or notebook, water to drink, and snacks/lunch. (Cameras can be very helpful, too.) Dress appropriately. Wear long pants and old shoes. Sandals are not recommended. Be prepared for normal Florida conditions (i.e. heat, sun, mosquitoes, poison ivy, rattlesnakes, ticks, rain, alligators, etc.) and expect sometimes to get your feet wet. Field trips will not be cancelled due to weather. Specimen collection – On our field trips, each student will be encouraged to collect a small specimen of each plant species we cover for the course. You will be shown how to press and dry your specimens so that they will remain in good condition for the duration of the semester. These specimens will be your most important study aid. You should bring clippers or scissors and a bag for specimens (a plastic grocery bag will do) with you on every field trip. Attendance policy: Attendance is required for success in this course. It is intensive and cumulative – skipping class will leave you with a big chunk of missing information in your notes and collections. Don’t miss class. Make up policy: Field trips and graded homework activities CANNOT be made up. Quizzes and exams CANNOT be made up. You have one free pass on the plant quizzes – only 8 out of 9 will be counted toward your grade, with the lowest quiz score dropped. Academic honesty policy: All students registered at the University of Florida have agreed to comply with the following statement: “I understand that the University of Florida expects its students to be honest in all their academic work. I agree to adhere to this commitment to academic honesty and understand that my failure to comply with this commitment may result in disciplinary action up to and including expulsion from the University.” If you witness any instances of academic dishonesty in this class, please notify the instructor or contact the Student Honor Court (392-1631) or Cheating Hotline (392-6999). For additional information on Academic Honesty, please refer to the University of Florida Academic Honesty Guidelines at: https://catalog.ufl.edu/ugrad/current/advising/info/student-honor-code.aspx
For additional important information regarding UF’s grade policies, please see: https://catalog.ufl.edu/ugrad/current/regulations/info/grades.aspx Students with disabilities: Students requesting classroom accommodation must first register with the Dean of Students Office. This office will provide documentation to the student, who must then provide this documentation to the instructor when requesting accommodation. Some Additional Resources (we’ll be using many of these during the course): http://www.plantatlas.usf.edu/ - this is an excellent resource for photographs and ranges of Florida plants. http://plants.usda.gov/ - type a plant name in the search box for more plant info and images. http://www.fnai.org/ - a great source of data, maps and info on plant communities, rare species and conservation lands in Florida. http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/index.html – Lots of general info on species we cover in class. Easy to look up. http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/natsci/herbarium/ - all kinds of info on Florida plants and collecting. http://www.virtualherbarium.org/ - click on the Florida Flora Picture Gallery. *Duncan, W.H., and Duncan, M.B. 1988. Trees of the Southeastern United States. University of Georgia Press, Athens, GA. *Godfrey, R.K..1988. Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of Northern Florida and Adjacent Georgia and Alabama. University of Georgia Press, Athens, GA. *Godfrey, R.K. and J.W. Wooten. 1979. Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States: Monocotyledons. University of Georgia Press, Athens, GA. *Godfrey, R.K. and J.W. Wooten. 1981. Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States: Dicotyledons. University of Georgia Press, Athens, GA. *Harris, J.G., and Harris, M.W. 2001. Plant Identification Terminology: an Illustrated Glossary. Spring Lake Publishing, Spring Lake, UT. *Taylor, W. K. 1998. Florida Wildflowers in their Natural Communities. University Press of Florida, Gainesville. *Tobe, J.D. et al. 1998. Florida Wetland Plants: An Identification Manual. Fla. Dept. of Enviro. Protection, Tallahassee. Tentative schedule – subject to change. Ocala National Forest and Seahorse Key dates are particularly likely to change. We will notify you as soon as possible regarding any modifications to this schedule.
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