BIOL 3762L - Field Botany Laboratory
Fall 2026 Syllabus, Section 01, CRN 43356,
Credit hours: 0
Course Meeting Times
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Instructor
Santosh Rana Magar
Email: skranamagar@ysu.edu
Course Description
3762L. Field Botany Laboratory. Field Botany Laboratory. 0 s.h.
Course Readings
| Group | Title | Author | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|
| Required | Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide. Little Brown & Company | Newcomb, L. (1977) |
The course readings are subject to change in the event of extenuating circumstances, research developments, current events, and/or to ensure better learning.
Assignments/Assessments
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Field Botany Laboratory
| Day | Date | Reading(s) | Proposed Topic | Due/To Prepare for Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu | 8/27 | Field/lab safety and project guidelines | Course Introduction & Field Botany Skills – Safety, field notebooks, botanical observation, introduction to herbarium and invasive-species projects | Field notebook; appropriate field clothing |
| Thu | 9/3 | Selected plant-identification materials | Plant Identification in the Field – Vegetative morphology, diagnostic characters, and field identification | Review botanical terminology |
| Thu | 9/10 | Selected field guide/key | Dichotomous Keys & Plant Identification – Keying common local plants and recording diagnostic characters | Identification/keying practice |
| Thu | 9/17 | Selected field guide | Field Survey I – Local Flora – Plant identification, habitat observations, and field documentation | Field notes and preliminary species records |
| Thu | 9/24 | Herbarium collection guidelines | Botanical Collection & Herbarium Techniques – Ethical collection, field numbers, pressing, and specimen documentation | Begin herbarium collection |
| Thu | 10/1 | Selected field guide | Field Survey II – Plant Collection & Identification – Collection of appropriate specimens and field documentation | Specimens + field records |
| Thu | 10/8 | Selected invasive-plant resources | Introduction to Ohio Invasive Plants – Recognition, identification, field characteristics, and documentation methods | Review target invasive species |
| Thu | 10/15 | Selected invasive-species identification materials | Invasive Species Field Survey I – Identification, photographs, locality, habitat, and occurrence documentation | Project field records |
| Thu | 10/22 | Herbarium preparation guidelines | Herbarium Preparation I – Pressing, drying, identification verification, and label preparation | Herbarium progress check |
| Thu | 10/29 | Selected invasive-species resources | Invasive Species Field Survey II – Continued documentation and habitat/ecological observations | Updated invasive-species records |
| Thu | 11/5 | Herbarium labeling guidelines | Herbarium Preparation II – Mounting, labeling, and specimen quality assessment | Draft herbarium labels |
| Thu | 11/12 | Selected identification resources | Identification Workshop – Verification of herbarium specimens and invasive-plant records | Preliminary identified specimen set |
| Thu | 11/19 | Project/data guidelines | Invasive Species Project – Data Organization & Interpretation – Compile occurrence, habitat, photographs, and field observations | Completed field dataset/records |
| Thu | 11/26 | No Class | ||
| Thu | 12/3 | Project guidelines | Project Synthesis & Herbarium Completion – Final specimen verification and invasive-species project preparation | Final Herbarium Collection due |
| Thu | 12/10 | Ohio Invasive Species Project Presentation & Course Synthesis | Final Invasive Species Project due/presentation |
The course schedule, policies, procedures, and assignments in this course are subject to change in the event of extenuating circumstances, by mutual agreement, and/or to ensure better learning.