BIOL 5150 - Field Botany

4 Credits (Minimum) 4 Credits (Maximum)

Topics include plant life cycles, systematics, life zones, and the use of field guides for identifying lichens, bryophytes, seedless vascular plants, vascular plants, gymnosperms and angiosperms in Colorado foothills, montane, subalpine and alpine life zones. Class meets once for lecture, then field study, sometimes including long hikes in difficult, mountainous terrain. Prer., BIOL 1200 or BIOL 1300 and BIOL 1210 or BIOL 1350. Meets with BIOL 4150.