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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

 

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