Vascular
Flora of Wisconsin
- Botany 401
Spring 2020
| Dates are shown for Monday and Wednesday lab section, but they are same for Tuesday and Thursday lab section. Lab handouts will be provided when each lab meets throughout the semester. Links below may be used to review material and see images of required plants. Make sure to have a fantascular weekend. |
| Week | Date | Lab Topic |
| 1 |
Jan 20 | No Lab |
| Jan 22 | 1 Vegetative characters of Vascular Plants; Keying |
| 2 |
Jan 27 | 2 Seed Free Vascular Plants |
| Jan 29 | 3 Gymnosperms [color pdf of gymnosperms] |
| 3 |
Feb 3 | 4 Flower and Fruit Morphology in Angiosperms |
| Feb 5 | 5 Water Lilies and Buttercups |
| 4 |
Feb 10 | 6 Mayapples and Sycamores |
| Feb 12 | 7 Spring Beauty and Sundews |
| 5 |
Feb 17 | 8 Currants and Raspberries |
| Feb 19 | 9 Elms, Mulberries, and Legumes |
| 6 |
Feb 24 | 10 Violets, Aspens, and Gourds |
| Feb 26 | Open review session in lab Feb 26/27 |
| 7 |
Mar 2 | [Exam 1 in lab, Mar 2/3: labs 1-10] |
| Mar 4 | 11 Oaks, Birches, and Evening Primroses |
| 8 |
Mar 9 | 12 Mustards, Mallows, and Maples |
| Mar 11 | 13 Blueberries and Dogwoods [Forest site locations given to TAs] |
Spring Break Mar 16 - 20 |
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9 |
Mar 23 | 14 Gentians, Milkweeds, and Nightshades |
| Mar 25 | 15 Mints and Snapdragons |
| 10 |
Mar30 | 16 Carrots and Honeysuckles |
| Apr 1 | 17 Bellflowers, Asters, and Goldenrods |
| 11 |
Apr 6 | 18 Arums, Lilies, and Orchids |
| Apr 8 | 19 Spiderworts, Sedges, and Grasses |
| 12 |
Apr 13 | Open review session in lab Apr 13/14 |
| Apr 15 | Exam 2 in lab, Apr 15/16 - labs 11-19] |
| 13 |
Apr 20 | Local Field Trip |
| Apr 22 | Field Work [no lecture or lab] | |
| Apr 25 | Saturday Field Trip - optional |
| 14 |
Apr 27 | Field Work [no lecture or lab] |
| Apr 29 | Field Work [no lecture or lab] |
MAY 3 - 8 FINAL EXAM IN THE FIELD |
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