The main body of the tutorial contains over 9,500 pictures and full text descriptions of leaves, twigs, fruit, flowers, bark, form, and range maps for 470 species of woody plants. Similar species can also be compared side by side for each plant feature, with the most distinguishing features highlighted. A quiz section allows users to evaluate their success in identification. Users can customize their quiz list so that only plants previously identified or learned will appear in quizzes. This graduate level class is primarily aimed at public school biology educators but would be of interest to anyone desiring advanced knowledge about trees and forests.
All material is relevant to teaching the Virginia Standards of Learning.
Course content will be on two CD's and the class managed over the internet. All testing will be on-line. Recommended viewing with MSIE 5. We welcome questions and comments.