AGRI 201 Wildland Plant Identification

This course is designed to fulfill the Plant Identification requirements of Range Management. Students learn the morphology of plants for identification and are able to identify the 70 common range/wildland plants associated with the requirements for REM 351 at the U of I.

Credits

2 Credits

AGRI 201Wildland Plant Identification

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I. General Information

Department

II. Course Specification

Credit Hours Narrative

2 Credits

III. Catalog Course Description

This course is designed to fulfill the Plant Identification requirements of Range Management. Students learn the morphology of plants for identification and are able to identify the 70 common range/wildland plants associated with the requirements for REM 351 at the U of I.

IV. Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, a student will be able to:

• Outline classifying information of plants common to the Western United States
• Describe and examine characteristics of the major range plant groups
• Describe and examine characteristics used to differentiate plant families
• Devise, construct and critique a herbarium collection
• Sketch morphological features used to identify plants
• Justify an identified plant using a dichotomous key

V. Topical Outline (Course Content)

VI. Delivery Methodologies