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BIOL 2601 - The Flora Of Nova Scotia?

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Student Learning Outcomes
    Student learning outcomes that are covered by this course.
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  • Apply scientific plant collection criteria and skills in the field
  • Apply technical descriptive terms to flower structure, inflorescences, leaves, surfaces and underground parts
  • Demonstrate ability to use a dichotomous key for plant identification
  • Demonstrate the ability to make field notes to support plant collections
  • Describe the morphological characteristics of vascular plants
  • Differentiate between angiosperms, eudicots, monocots, gymnosperms and pteridophytes
  • Differentiate between the principle plant communities in Nova Scotia
  • Explain the components of plant systematics, classification , nomenclature and identification
  • Generate a plant collection to herbarium standards
  • Identify selected vascular plants to family and species
  • Outline the main components of the Flora of Nova Scotia
  • Point to the principle tools for identifying plants
  • Recall the criteria for endemic, native and introduced plants
  • Recall the milestones of plant systematics from Linneaus to cladistics
  • Recognise 6 common plant families

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