Taxonomy and Ecology of Aquatic Plants
BIOL/FISH/WILD 4020
Fall 2002; Tu, Th 12:10-1:30;
Th 1:40-4:30.
http://www.biology.lsu.edu/webfac/lurbatsch/BIOL4020.html
Instructor: Lowell Urbatsch T.A.:
Cat Hobden
Dept. of Biological Sciences
Dept. of Biological Sciences
Office: A257 Life Sciences Annex.
Office: Radioisotope Bldg
Phone:
578-8555 Phone: 578-2459
E-mail: leu@lsu.edu
E- mail: chobde1@lsu.edu
Office hours:
10-11:00 AM; T,Th Office hours: TBA
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Class
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Subject
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Assignment |
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Aug 27; Tu |
Course introduction; Plant names; Plant identification; Plant structure |
Handouts |
reviewed syllabus, collections, reviewed major plant groups, families, scientific names |
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Aug 29; Th
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Lecture:Grasses and grass-like plants; |
Godfrey and Wooten “G&W” 81-237; 238-454; 542-570. |
reviewed plant parts, root parts, stem parts, leaf parts, leaf arrangement |
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Lab: Grasses and grass-like, plant structure and ID |
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Sept 3; Tu |
Aquatic Macrophytes |
G&W various; B&B Ch 13 |
reviewed reproductive parts, arrangement of reproductive parts, |
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Sept 5; Th
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Field trip preview |
reviewed
plant structure, determined plant structures on several plants, reviewed
seed arrangement
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No lab |
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Sept 7; Sat |
*Field trip; Sabine/Cameron Prairie Natl.
Wildlife Refuges* |
6:30 AM – 6:00 PM |
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Sept 10; Tu |
Coastal communities |
M&G Part 3: 261-336; |
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Sept 12; Th
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Composites and other asterids |
G&W 751-885 Compositae; 523-750 other asterids |
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Composites and other asterids, plant structure and ID; ID Quiz |
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| Sept 15, Sat | *Field trip; Sabine/Cameron Prairie Natl.
Wildlife Refuges* |
6:30 AM -- 6:00 PM | |
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Sept 17; Tu |
Aquatic macrophytes |
G&W various; B&B Ch. 13 |
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Sept 19; Th
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Field trip preview |
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No lab |
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Sept 21; Sat |
*Field trip; Chicot State Park* |
7:00 AM – 4:00 PM |
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Sept 24; Tu |
Hydrilla, water hyacinth, Salvinia and other problematic wetland plants |
G&W, also handouts |
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Sept 26; Th
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*Field trip; Alligator Bayou*; |
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ID Quiz |
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Oct 1; Tu |
Wet pine savannas; |
B&B Ch 11; M&E Ch. 5. |
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Oct 3; Th |
Field trip preview |
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Oct 5; Sat |
*Field trip; Lee Forest and St. Tammany Parish*;
ID Quiz |
7:00 – 4:00 PM |
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Oct 8; Tu |
Coastal plants |
G&W various; B&B Ch. 11 & 13 |
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Oct 10; Th |
FALL HOLIDAY; No class |
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Oct 15; Tu |
LECTURE MIDTERM |
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Oct 17; Th |
MID-TERM LABORATORY
EXAM |
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Oct 19; Sat |
*Field trip; Fouchan Beach* |
7:00 AM – 6:00 PM |
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Oct 22; Tu |
Coastal plants |
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Oct 24; Th
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Bottomland Hardwood Forests |
B & B Ch. 11; M & G part 4 |
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Coastal plants; structure and ID |
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Oct 29; Tu |
Swamps (Cypress/tupelo) |
M&E Ch. 9; |
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Oct 31; Th
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*Field trip; Blue Bonnet Nature Center* |
12:00 – 4:30 PM |
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Nov 5; Tu |
Wetland Classification; Cowardin U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Wetland Classification System |
Cowardin et al. 1979; also web links |
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Nov 7; Th
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Wetland plant identification; various groups |
G&W |
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Wetland plant identification; various groups |
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Nov 12; Tu |
Wetland plant identification; various groups |
G&W |
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Nov 14; Th
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Wetland plant identification; various groups |
G&W |
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Wetland plant identification; various groups; Key Quiz |
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Nov 19; Tu |
Wetland delineation |
Read: Practical Handbook for Wetland Identification and Delineation; and Wetlands. |
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Nov 21; Th |
Wetland plant identification; various groups |
G&W |
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Wetland plant identification; various groups; ID Quiz |
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Nov 26; Tu
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Wetland plant identification; various groups |
G&W |
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Nov 27; Wed |
Collections due for bonus credit |
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Nov 28; Th |
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY. No class |
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Dec 3; Tu |
Coastal Restoration |
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Dec 5; Th
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Last class; LAB
FINAL |
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Dec 9; Mon |
Collections are due, 5:00 PM |
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Dec 14; Sat |
FINAL EXAM 5:30-7:30 PM |
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B&B.
North American Terrestrial Vegetation
by Michael G. Barbour (Editor), William Dwight
Billings (Editor). 1999.
G&W. Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United
States: Monocotyledons by Robert K. Godfrey and Jean W. Wooten.
1979.
Aquatic and
Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States: Dicotyledons by Robert K.
Godfrey, Jean W. Wooten. September 1981.
M&E.
Ecosystems of Florida by Ronald L. Myers and John J. Ewel
(Editor). 1990.
M&G. Wetlands by William J. Mitsch & James G.
Gosselink. 3nd
edition (January 15, 2000). John Wiley & Sons; ISBN: 047129232X.
Wetland Indicators : A Guide to Wetland Identification, Delineation, Classification, and Mapping by Ralph W. Tiner