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