BIO 3180 - Vascular Plant Taxonomy

Credits: 4

Prerequisite(s): BIO 2100 or Permission of instructor

Description: This course is a survey of vascular plant identification and taxonomic classification with an emphasis on Colorado flora. Lecture content includes plant terminology, systematics methods, phylogenetic relationships and characteristics of major vascular plant families. Laboratories cover plant identification using keys in the field and on herbarium specimens, basic systematics methods, and standard herbarium practices. Students are required to prepare an herbarium collection of Colorado vascular plant specimens collected in the field.