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BIOL 301
Plant Taxonomy
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Site last updated 21 April 2008

The species list is linked; the images are up.
Jean Everett, Ph.D.
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Spring 2008 Syllabus
Handouts
Species Lists
Species Lists with Image Links
Terms Lists
Native Plant ID Website Project
Study Tips (soon)
Terms Lists with Image Links (soon)
Families with Image Links (soon)
Extra Credit Opportunities
Links to Other Cool Sites, including Current Time and Weather

DANGER....be on the lookout for cogongrass....DANGER
Please Note: to open most of the documents on this page you must have Microsoft Office (Word and Excel).  If you don't have Office, try downloading free software from www.openoffice.org.  Let me know if you have any problems; I can give you a paper copy.  All documents and images copyright of Jean Everett.
This site is under constant revision, please be patient.
Please email me with any suggestions, thanks!
Extra Credit Opportunities - scroll down for more
Type a brief summary of the event, including how the event helped you.  All extra credit is due on the last day of classes.
VOLUNTEER FOR EXTRA CREDIT


STUDY SKILLS SEMINARS at THE CENTER FOR STUDENT LEARNING

Location and Times:
Maybank 100
Tuesdays 4-4:45 pm
Wednesdays 6-6:45 pm
Some seminars are repeated at the North Charleston campus - check the CSL website
 
15, 16 January: Time Flies!
22, 23 January: Re-Think Research!
29, 30 January: Read and Remember!
5, 6 February: Noteworthy Notes!
12, 13 February: Find your Focus!
19, 20 February: Take your Best Test!
26, 27 March: It's Wise to Get Advised!
18, 19 March: Memory Matters!
25, 26 March: Your Future, Beyond the Cistern!
1, 2 April: Plan for Exams!

 Attend these seminars and turn in a brief, typed summary for extra credit!

More Extra Credit Opportunities:
Keep checking back.....I'll add in events as I learn about them

Standing Offer - Biology Department Seminars, most Mondays at noon, 239 SCIC - look around the 2nd floor for flyers

Historical Research Question - were red-water rivers red prior to European colonization???

Handouts: - these require Microsoft Word to open
Taxonomic Hierarchy and Plant Divisions
Nomenclature
Ecological Factors Affecting Species Distributions
Lowcountry Community Types
Geomorphology
Identification Characteristics
Overview of Grasses, Sedges and Rushes
Species Lists - these require Microsoft Excel to open
Field Trip #1, Maritime systems at Seabrook Island
Field Trip #2, Pocosins in the Francis Marion National Forest
Field Trip #3, Maritime systems at the Sewee Shell Mounds
Field Trip #4, Uplands and Bottomlands at Caw Caw Interpretive Center
Field Trip #5, Beech Forests at Huger
Field Trip #6, Sub-xeric Longleaf and Ponds (plus the transition zone)
Field Trip #7, Swamp Forest
Field Trip #8, Longleaf savannas in the Francis Marion National Forest
Field Trip #9, Santee Coastal Reserve and bits & pieces of the FMNF
Cumulative List - 21 April 2008
Species Lists with Image Links
Field Trip #1 - Maritime systems at Seabrook
Field Trip #2 - Pocosins in the Francis Marion National Forest
Field Trip #3 - Maritime systems at the Sewee Shell Mounds
Field Trip #4 - Uplands and Bottomlands at Caw Caw Interpretive Center
Field Trip #5 - Beech Forests at Huger
Field Trip #6 - Sub-xeric Longleaf and Ponds (plus the transition zone)
Field Trip #7 - Swamp Forest
Field Trip #8 - Longleaf savannas in the Francis Marion National Forest
Field Trip #9 - Santee Coastal Reserve and bits & pieces of the FMNF
Cumulative List - 21 April 2008
Terms Lists - these require Microsoft Word to open
Terms for Exam 1
Terms for Exam 2
Terms for Exam 3
Cumulative Terms List

click here for an on-line glossary
click here for another glossary that has many of the terms illustrated with diagrams and/or photos
Native Plant ID Website - these require Microsoft Word or Excel to open
Project Description - the website design process (Spring 2007)
Project Description - the plant profile and glossary entry design process (Fall 2007)
Project Description - research projects (Spring 2008)
Websites evaluated during the design process
Species Research Template - with instructions, clean
Species Assignments - Spring 2008
Terms Lists with Image Links
coming soon....for now use google images

Terms for Exam 1
Terms for Exam 2
Terms for Exam 3
Cumulative Terms List
Families with Image Links
coming soon.....for now use google images