Catalog Course Description

The relationship of the main plant groups and the plant communities of California to climate, soils, vegetation, geological and recent history, and conservation. Laboratory will also include at least two Saturday field trips and focus on main plant groups and major plant families in California, and use of keys to identify introduced and especially native pteridophytes, conifers, and flowering plants of the state.

Spring Term

2 hours of Instructor presentation of course materials per week and 6 hours of Instructional experiences requiring special laboratory equipment and facilities per week and 4 hours of Outside Work Hours per week.

Summer Term

4 hours of Instructor presentation of course materials per week and 6.5 hours of Outside Work Hours per week and 12 hours of Instructional experiences requiring special laboratory equipment and facilities per week.

Fall Term

2 hours of Instructor presentation of course materials per week and 6 hours of Instructional experiences requiring special laboratory equipment and facilities per week and 4 hours of Outside Work Hours per week.

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