Subject: Summer Field Botany Course at Coconino Community College
Hello All,
I'm writing to advertise an upcoming field botany course offered through Coconino Community College this summer. The course is BIO 112 - Wildflowers of Arizona (preliminary syllabus attached here). The class will take place over the course of two weeks, M-Th June 4-7 and 11-14; we will meet from 12 pm - 6:45 pm each day.
This will be an intensive two week course that is a great introduction to botany. Throughout these two weeks we will explore the following:
* Basic plant morphology
* Basic botanical vocabulary
* Basic plant taxonomy
* Basic plant ecology
* Practice using a dichotomous key to identify plants
* Identification of plant families and species common to northern Arizona
* Proper collection, documentation, and processing methods for plant collection in the field.
* We may be contributing to a floristic inventory of a local site.
Class will include regular field trips to local destinations, and students should be prepared to hike up to approximately four miles at a steady pace across uneven terrain. Being in good physical condition is a necessary requirement.
For more information contact wendy.mcbride@coconino.edu
