Field Botany Biology 332/532 This course focuses on the natural history of Wisconsin plant species including identification, classification, and ecology.

Phillips 319

Thursday 8-5 pm     note: overnight field trips are required
Friday 8-5 pm

Requirements
Pictures from previous years

Textbooks:
Newcomb, L. 1997. Newcomb's Wildflower Guide. Little, Brown & Co., Boston.
Barnes, B.V. and W.H. Wagner. 1981. Michigan Trees. Univ. of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor.  

summer 2005 schedule -- tentative

	SNA = state natural area
Week 1
Thurs. June 14	keying, plant families Putnam Park (SNA 134) mesic Basswood forest, etc. Schmidt Maple Forest (old growth mesic forest) Tower dry-mesic Oak Forest
Fri. June 15	Dunnville Bottoms - oak forest, sedge meadow, dry prairie, wet-mesic prairie Tiffany - wet forest, wet-mesic forest, sedge meadow, emergent wetland, wet-mesic prairie and savanna
Week 2
Thurs. June 21 - Fri. June 22	Field Trip: Northern Wisconsin Flambeau River State Forest overnight camping
Week 3
Thurs. June 28 - Fri. June 29	Field Trip: Southern Wisconsin Muir Park (SNA 96), Spring Green Preserve (SNA 102), Avoca prairie (SNA 68), Blue River Sand Barrens (SNA 69), Wyalusing (SNA #) overnight
Week 4
Mon. July 2	Day Trip: Caryville Savanna or Crex meadows, Dalles of the St. Croix River
Tues. July 3	a.m. Putnam Park, recitation; p.m. final exam & debriefing

http://www.wisc.edu/botit/img/bot/veg/ - Dr. Virginia Kline's Images of Wisconsin Vegetation