This course will meet on Wednesdays 12:00-4:05 (combined lecture/lab) and on Mondays and Fridays 12:00-12:50.
In this course, students will study the ecology, physiology, and evolutionary adaptations of plants, with an emphasis on local flora. The prerequisite for this course is BIOL 208 (Principles of Biology I), in which the basics of plant evolution, anatomy, and physiology were covered.
The goal of this course is to expand on the knowledge of plants you gained in your introductory biology course. The lecture and lab portions of this course will not be distinctly separated from one another; they will be intertwined to allow for both spontaneous learning and in-depth investigation. You will collect plants from the field and bring them into the lab where you will learn to identify them using morphological characteristics. You will conduct an experiment through which you will investigate physiological reactions of plants to environmental stimili. Lectures will provide the background and supportive information for all of this.
There are three required texts for this course:
Zomlefer, W. B. 1995. Guide to Flowering Plant Families. Univ. of North Carolina Press.
Pollan, M. 2002. The Botany of Desire: a plant’s-eye view of the world. Random House.
Kirkman, L. K., C. L. Brown, and D. J. Leopold. 2007. Native Trees of the Southeast. Timber Press, Inc.
If you have any questions, please e-mail me (dejacoc at queens dot edu).