BIO 120 Introductory Botany

This course provides an introduction to the classification, relationships, structure, and function of plants. Topics include reproduction and development of seed and non-seed plants, levels of organization, form and function of systems, and a survey of major taxa. This course has been approved to satisfy the Comprehensive Articulation Agreement general education core requirement in natural sciences/mathematics. (BIO 110 or 111 is a prerequisite for this course.

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Thursday, April 21, 2011

Hole in the Donut

JUGLANDACEAE, ULMACEAE, VIOLACEAE, APIACEAE, MORACEAE

JUGLANDACEAE (Above)

MORACEAE (Above)

ULMACEAE (Above)

VIOLACEAE (Above)

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

HIPPOCASTANACEAE, SCROPHULARIACEAE, RANUNCULACEAE, CELASTRACEAE, ELEAGNACEAE

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Araliaceae, Cactaceae, Rutaceae, Theaceae, Tiliaceae

ARALIACEAE

CACTACEAE

RUTACEAE

THEACEAE

TILIACEAE

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Lab Activities

We looked at Pruniodeae (Okame Cherry) flowers
We looked at Pomoideae (Bradford Pair) flowers
We saw the location of Spiroideae (Spirea)
We briefly discussed the primitive flowers of Magnolia and learned the term 'tepals'.
We say an example of two different cultivars of White Pine (Pendula and Nana)

We watched the documentary King Corn.

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Salicaceae, Aceraceae, Amaryllidaceae

Thursday, February 24, 2011

BETULACEAE, HAMAMELIDACEAE, IRIDACEAE, OLEACEAE, ROSACEAE

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Alternative lab exercise.....

Watch the following videos and answer the questions in this document(click).

John Drori - Millennium Seed Bank

Richard Preston - Redwoods

Michael Pollan - Botany of Desire (Apples)

Watch the full episode. See more Botany of Desire.

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