Introduces students to characteristics of the more common environmental plants of California. Students learn classification, nomenclature and variation of plants. Floral and vegetative characteristics and terminology are used to key unknown plants, and characteristics of plant groups, and the development and maintenance of cultivars are learned. Identification of 150 common landscape plants. Three midterm examinations on lecture material.
Weekly laboratory quizzes and a final examination on plant identification.
1. Classification of higher plants. Introduction to flower characteristics. Introduction to leaf characteristics. Plants and their environment.