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: Matt Duley
Office:
342 PSN
Phone #:
529-4258
Office Hours:
T,R 1:00 - 3:00; or by appointment
BOT 205 Objectives:
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:
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 BSB
Laboratories
MW 2:00-3:50 306 BSB
Textbooks:
1. Harlow
W. M.; E. S. Harrar; J. W. Harding; F. M. White. 1991. Textbook
of Dendrology.
McGraw-Hill, Inc., N.Y., N.Y.
*2. Blackwell,
W. H., Jr. 1976. Guide to the Woody Plants
of the Tri-State Area.
Kendall/Hunt Publ. Co., Dubuque, Iowa.
*3. Wheeler,
E. A.; R. G. Pearson; C. A. LaPasha; T. Zack; W. Hatley. 1986.
Computer-Aided Wood Identification. North Carolina Agricultural Research
Service. Raleigh, NC.
4. Selected
articles will be placed on reserve at the Brill Science Library.
* Students participating in the MUDES Project
should not purchase these texts.
TOPICAL SCHEDULE
Date Lecture Laboratories
Aug 27 Introduction (1-48)
Keys and their use
Classification-Taxonomy Principles
The MUDES
Sept 1 NO CLASS - LABOR DAY HOLIDAY
2 EXCHANGE DAY - MEET ON TUESDAY
Leaf/Fruit Types
Growth and Form (Reserve Reading)
3 Morphology (60-89; 237-239) Digital Imaging
Characteristics and distribution of important tree species by families:
8,10 Hippocastanaceae
(435-439)
Field identification
Oleaceae (464-474)
Rutaceae (461-463)
Simaroubaceae (458-460)
Tiliaceae (375-379)
15,17
Juglandaceae (275-297)
Quiz
Betulaceae (256-272)
Field identification
Salicaceae (379-397)
Homework Due
Annonaceae (249)
Aquifoliaceae (430-432)
Rhamnaceae (432-434)
Date
Lecture
Laboratories
22,24 Fagaceae
(298-256)
Quiz, Field identification
Homework Due
29,
Ulmaceae (262-272)
Quiz, Field identification
Oct 1
Moraceae (272-275)
Homework Due
Magnoliaceae (240-249)
6,8
Rosaceae (404-410)
Quiz, Field identification
Lauraceae (249-254)
Homework Due
Mimosaceae (410-412)
Caesalpiniaceae (412-416)
Fabaceae (417-420)
Ebenaceae (401-402)
Scrophulariaceae (475)
Bignoniaceae (475-478)
13,15 Hamamelidaceae
(254-262) Quiz, Field identification
Platanaceae (254-257)
Homework Due
Aceraceae (439-454)
Cornaceae (421-430)
Oct 20 HOUR EXAM LABORATORY MIDTERM
22,27
Gymnosperms (90-236)
Field identification
Homework Due
Introduction to Wood Identification:
29
Twig Growth (Reserve Readings)
Quiz, Microscopy; Tilia Twig
Homework Due
Nov 3
Vascular Cambium & Wood Cells Pine Twig, XRT Sections
(Reserve Readings (1,2)
5
Variations in Conifer Wood
Gymnosperm Wood ID
(109-148)
10
Softwood Genera
Quiz, Gymnosperm Wood ID
Homework Due
12,17
Variations in Angiosperm Wood Angiosperm
Wood ID
(3-108)
19,24 Hardwood Genera Quiz, Angiosperm Wood ID
Date Lecture Laboratories
Nov 26 THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
Introduction to Forestry
1
Wood Utilization
Videos: Resources of the Forest
The Paper Mill
Lumber Production
3,8
Forest Ecology
Video: The River
(Harlow, 49-59)
Film: Common Ground
10
Forest Regions of USA
LAB FINAL
17
LECTURE FINAL -- 7:45 P.M., 306 PSN