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| CATALOG INFORMATION
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| Discipline and Nbr:
BOTANY 60 | Title:
FIELD BOTANY |
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| Full Title:
Field Botany |
| Last Reviewed:5/13/2024 |
| Units | Course Hours per Week | | Nbr of Weeks | Course Hours Total |
| Maximum | 4.00 | Lecture Scheduled | 3.00 | 17.5 max. | Lecture Scheduled | 52.50 |
| Minimum | 4.00 | Lab Scheduled | 3.00 | 17 min. | Lab Scheduled | 52.50 |
| | Contact DHR | 0 | | Contact DHR | 0 |
| | Contact Total | 6.00 | | Contact Total | 105.00 |
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| | Non-contact DHR | 0 | | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 |
| | Total Out of Class Hours: 105.00 | Total Student Learning Hours: 210.00 | |
Title 5 Category:
AA Degree Applicable
Grading:
Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:
00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As:
Formerly:
BOTANY 30A
Catalog Description:
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Survey of the vegetation and flora of Northern California. Includes the identification and ecology of species that are representative of local plant communities. Field trips required.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Recommended Preparation:
Completion of or concurrent enrollment in ENGL 100 or ESL 100.
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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Survey of the vegetation and flora of Northern California. Includes the identification and ecology of species that are representative of local plant communities. Field trips required.
(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:Completion of or concurrent enrollment in ENGL 100 or ESL 100.
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;UC.
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
| Associate Degree: | Effective: | Fall 1981
| Inactive: | |
| Area: | C
| Natural Sciences
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| CSU GE: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
| | B2 | Life Science | Fall 1981 | |
| | B3 | Laboratory Activity | | |
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| IGETC: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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| CSU Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 1981 | Inactive: | |
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| UC Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 2025 | Inactive: | |
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| C-ID: |
Certificate/Major Applicable:
Major Applicable Course
COURSE CONTENT
Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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Upon completion of this course students will be able to:
1. Use principles of plant classification.
2. Describe basic vegetative and reproductive morphology of seed plants,
including associated vocabulary.
3. Evaluate the environmental factors influencing plant distribution.
4. Describe the physiography and climate of California.
5. Describe the geological history, evolution and adaptation of the
California flora and vegetation.
6. Examine the principles of ecological succession.
7. Identify the major vegetation types (communities) of California,
including the ecology and taxonomy of the dominant component species.
8. Recoginize major plant families represented in the California flora.
9. Demonstrate methods of vegetation classification, plant identification
and vegetative survey assessment.
Topics and Scope
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Topics and Scope:
I. Introduction
A. Scientific inquiry and the scientific method
B. Influence of this discipline on world civilizations
C. Plant diversity and classification
II. Plant biology
A. Basic vegetative morphology of seed plants
B. Reproductive biology and adaptations of seed plants
C. Plant ecology: distribution and evolution
III. California ecology
A. California environment: physiography, climate, geology
B. Factors influencing plant distribution in California
1. Environmental tolerances
2. Evolutionary history
C. Major evolutionary trends in California flora and vegetation
D. Development of current vegetation patterns: role of ecological
succession
E. Major Northern California vegetation types
1. Coastal grasslands and scrublands
2. Coastal forests
3. Woodlands
4. Chaparral
5. Riparian and wetland
6. Montane
IV. California flora
A. Principal families of the California flora
B. Identification of dominant species of perennials and wildflowers
1. Sonoma County
2. The North Bay
V. Major methods of floristic study
A. Floristic and vegetational analysis
B. Plant identification
1. Herbaria
2. Dichotomous keys
VI. Laboratory Exercises
A. Plant identification
B. Plant collection
C. Field survey
Assignments:
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1. Read text and other assigned reading, approximately 20 pages per week
2. Response papers (2): summaries and analysis of assigned readings, 3-4
pages each
3. Prepare plant collection
4. Plant identification practical
5. Conduct field survey and analysis
6. Assessment: quizzes (3); midterm and final exam with objective and
essay questions
Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.
| Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing. | Writing
10 - 30% |
| Response papers | |
| Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving
0 - 0% |
| None | |
| Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations
30 - 40% |
| Field work, plant collection, plant identification practical | |
| Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams
40 - 60% |
| Multiple choice, completion, written response, essay | |
| Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category
0 - 0% |
| None | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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California's Changing Landscapes: Diversity And Conservation Of California Vegetation, Barbour, M. et al, 1993, CNPS (Classic)
Plants Of The San Francisco Bay Region, Beidleman, L. and Kozloff, E., 2003, UC Press.(revised edition) (Classic)
Introduction To California Plant Life, Ornduff, R. et al., revised edition 2003, UC Press (Classic)
California Plant Families: West Of The Sierran Crest And Deserts, Keator, G, 2009, UC Press
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