2019-2020 Graduate Catalog 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
2019-2020 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

BIOL 0505 - Plant Communities


Credits: 4

A study of terrestrial plant associations emphasizing those of New England. Topics include the description and sampling of vegetation, herbarium and collecting techniques, and recognition of common genera in the field and keying to species in lab. Field trips required. An agreement is reached with the instructor prior to the start of the course to include a field-based pedagogical unit applying this subject to the secondary school biology curriculum. This requirement is to be part of the grade.

Prerequisites: BIOL 0201 General Ecology or BIOL 0216 Flora of Massachusetts, BIOL 0228 Biology Concepts (either of which may be taken concurrently)