Aquatic Vascular Plants, Biology 347/547
(2 credits; Fall 2007 and alternate fall semesters)
Description: Taxonomy and ecology of aquatic vascular
plants with emphasis on local species of freshwater
angiosperms. Several afternoon-long field trips to local lakes
and wetlands.
Tropical Plant Biology,
Biology 490/690 (1 credit; senior seminar; fall semester 2007
and alternate fall semesters).
Description
To help you increase your knowledge in several topics in plant
taxonomy and ecology. You will gain experience in the areas of
literature search, scientific format, and preparation of an oral
presentation.
Vascular Plant Taxonomy, Biology 342/542 (4 credits;
offered both spring and fall semesters)
Description
The objectives of the course are to develop the
knowledge and skills to learn the plants of any area. We concentrate
on learning the flora of Wisconsin, but students are expected to
know the most common families of plant worldwide. Other geographic
areas of emphasis are the Great Lakes region, the western U.S., and
Latin American tropics.
Agrostology, Biology
345/545 (2 credits; spring semester 2008 and alternate fall
semesters)
Description
Identification and sight recognition of the graminoid
(grasses and grasslike plants) of the U.S., focusing on
Wisconsin.
Natural Communities of
the Upper Midwest,
Biology 308/508 (2 credits, spring semester 2010, then
alternate spring semesters)
Description
Emphasizes the classification of the natural communities of the
Upper Midwest (Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan) and how they have
changed over the last 150 years. Six all-morning field trips after
spring break.
Text will be “The Vegetation of Wisconsin: An Ordination of Plant
Communities" by John T. Curtis (1971).
Pigeon Lake “field botany”,
(July
6-13, 2007.) Biology 498/698, 2 credits
Description
This very intensive field course will emphasize the sight
recognition of 150-175 species of vascular plants (pteridophytes,
conifers, monocots, and dicots) in a variety of natural communities.
A concurrent emphasis will be the study of the plant communities
themselves, including the hardwood and conifer forests, bogs,
marshes, sedge meadows, and rock outcrops within an hour’s drive of
the field station. Register for credit through
UW-River Falls; the credits easily
transfer to UWSP.
Two copies of the new
book "Wildflowers of
Wisconsin and the Upper Midwest" (Merel R. Black &
Judziewicz, 2008), with color pictures of 1,087 species (http://www.uwsp.edu/english/cornerstone/),
will be provided free to all students enrolled in this
course upon arrival at the Pigeon Lake field station.
