BIOL 4150 - 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. Approved for Compass Curriculum requirement: Explore-Physical and Natural World. Prer., BIOL 1300/1310 (formerly BIOL 1200), BIOL 1350/1360 (formerly BIOL 1210). Meets with BIOL 5150.