BOTANY 205 -- Dendrology


Instructor:    Roger D. Meicenheimer
Office:         358 PSN
Phone #:     529-7012
Office Hours:  M,W  9:00-12:00, or by appointment
Email:         MeicenRD@MUOhio.edu
Internet Home Page:  http://www.cas.muohio.edu/~meicenrd


Biographical Information:

     Native of eastern Oregon
     BA (1975) - University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
     MS (1978) - Washington State University, Pullman, WA
     Ph.D. (1980) - Washington State University, Pullman, WA
     Postdoctoral Position (1980) - North Central Forest 
     Experiment Station, Rhinelander, WI
     Assistant Professor (1981); Associate Professor (1987);
          Professor (1992) - Miami University, Oxford, OH

Research Interests:

     Developmental Plant Morphology and Plant Anatomy. Emphasis
     on stem, leaf, and vascular components of the plant.


Teaching Assistant: Sandra Cesarov
Office:                  333 PSN
Phone #:                 529-4259
Office Hours:            T TH - 11:00 -12:00; or by appointment


BOT 205 Objectives:

     1.  To provide the student with an intensive and broad experience with respect to
knowledge of trees for majors in botany and other biological sciences.  This        
experience will include identification and distribution of native and introduced trees,
characteristics and utilization of their woods and an introduction to forestry practice.

BOT 205 Prerequisite:

     1.  Four semester hours of biological science or permission of instructor.

BOT 205 Grade Information:

Final Grade based on  [Lecture Hour Exam + Lab Midterm + Lecture Final + Laboratory
Final + (Laboratory Quiz)/8 + (Homework)/9]/6.

               BOTANY 205 -- Dendrology Syllabus


Meeting Times:

     Lectures     MW 1:00-2:00   306 PSN
     Laboratories  MW 2:00-3:50   306 PSN

Textbooks:

     1.  Harlow W. M.; E. S. Harrar; J. W. Harding; F. M. White.  1996.
           Textbook of Dendrology.  McGraw-Hill, Inc., N.Y., N.Y.
     2.  Selected articles will be placed on reserve at the Brill Science Library.

Topical Schedule:

Date               Lecture                                  Laboratories

Aug 26   Introduction (1-48)                      Introduction to MicroNoteBooks
              Classification-Taxonomy Principles       and The MUDES

        31   Growth and Form (Reserve Reading)    Leaf/Fruit types
 
 Sept 2   Morphology (60-89; 237-239)                       Digital Imaging

Characteristics and distribution of important species by families:

         7   NO CLASS - LABOR DAY HOLIDAY

         8   EXCHANGE DAY - MEET ON TUESDAY

        Hippocastanaceae (435-439)                    Field identification
              Oleaceae (464-474)
              Rutaceae (461-463)
              Simaroubaceae (458-460)
          
          9  Tiliaceae (375-379)                       MUDES data logging


Date               Lecture                                  Laboratories

Sept.         Juglandaceae (275-297)                       Quiz
  14,16       Betulaceae (356-372)                              Field identification
                  Salicaceae (379-397)                               Homework Due
                  Annonaceae (249)
                  Aquifoliaceae (430-432)
                  Rhamnaceae (432-434)


 21,23      Fagaceae (298-356)                            Quiz, Field identification
                                                                    Homework Due

 28,30      Ulmaceae (262-272)                                Quiz, Field identification
                Moraceae (272-275)                                 Homework Due
                Magnoliaceae (240-249)

Oct.         Rosaceae (404-410)                     Quiz, Field identification
   5,7       Lauraceae (249-254)                               Homework Due
               Mimosaceae (410-412)               
               Caesalpiniaceae (412-416)
               Fabaceae (416-420)
               Ebenaceae (401-402) 
               Scrophulariaceae (475)
               Bignoniaceae (475-478)


 12,14    Hamamelidaceae (254-262)            Quiz, Field identification
              Platanaceae (254-257)                     Homework Due
              Aceraceae (439-454)
              Cornaceae (421-430)

Oct 19    HOUR EXAM                                LABORATORY MIDTERM

21,26      Gymnosperms (90-236)                          Field identification
                                                              Homework Due

Introduction to Wood Identification:

28        Twig Growth    (Reserve Readings)              Quiz, Microscopy; Tilia Twig
                                                              Homework Due

Nov 2   Vascular Cambium & Wood Cells          Pine Twig, XRT Sections
            (Reserve Readings)

4         Variations in Conifer Wood                    Gymnosperm Wood ID

Date               Lecture                                  Laboratories

Nov 9         Softwood Genera                          Quiz, Gymnosperm Wood ID
                                                             Homework Due                             
   
11,16         Variations in Angiosperm Wood       Angiosperm Wood ID
         
18,23         Hardwood Genera                          Quiz, Angiosperm Wood ID 
                                        Image Homework Due 

Nov 25      THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY

Introduction to Forestry

30               Wood Utilization                                Videos: Resources of the Forest
                                                                 The Paper Mill
                                                                 Lumber Production

2,7              Forest Ecology                             Video: The River
                   (Harlow, 49-59)                          Film: Common Ground

9                 Forest Regions of USA                          LAB FINAL
          
14               LECTURE FINAL -- 2:45 P.M., 306 PSN