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BIOL 4320

Field Botany

STUDY TOOLS

LECTURE NOTES

Note 1 Systematics & Taxonomy

Note 2 Plant Diversity I Divisions

Note 3 Plant Diversity II Families

Note 4 Plant Morphology

LAB NOTES

Lab Note 1 Collecting plants

Lab Note 2 Preserving specimens

Lab Note 3 Mounting specimens

Lab Note 4 Identifying plants

Examples and Tips

CLASS TRIPS

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FIELD TRIPS

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USEFUL WEBSITES

SYSTEMATIC SITES

USDA Plant Database

TAXONOMIC SITES

USDA classification of a known plant

Iowa State Ag Ext. Trees Key

Lots of Tree resources

Virginia Tech's Tree Leaf & Twig key

Ohio State's Tree Id site

Wildflowers - good descriptions

Kansas Wildflowers & Grasses

Virginia Tech's Grasses

List of Keys on the WWWeb

UTenn site - good for confirmation

Plants - confirmation site, no key

Wisconsin trees & shrubs

Mississippi weeds

Wetlands Monocots on-line key

Texas Ag Extension's Wildflowers

Oregon State's Weed Id Page

Va. Tech's Weed Key

Illinois Council on Food and Ag. Research

Caroline Dean's Alabama Wildflowers

Eric Haines' Wildflower Key

J. Hapeman's Wisconsin Orchids

Prairie Grasses

Wildflowers of Eastern North America

Native Orchids of The United States

Noninvasive Plants in Southern Forests

North Carolina wildflowers

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Phil Ganter