BIOL 334
Plant Taxonomy

Course Outcomes

Students who successfully complete the course will develop the following knowledge and skills:

- An intermediate level of knowledge of terminology used to describe plant features. They may still need to look up definitions of some terms, but will have mastered most of the basic terminology necessary for plant identification.

- The ability to disect flowers and fruits and interpret all of the morphologic features of those structures.

- The ability to use dichotomous keys to identify unknown plants.

- Students will be able to recognize members of about 20 vascular plant families that are common in the Pacific Northwest. About 80% of the plants in our area are classified in these 20 families. This represents a basis of knowledge which students can build upon in the future.

Back to BIOL 334 page