- Flora of Western Pennsylvania

Catalog description

A field class with a lecture component. The primary focus of the class is to enhance student understanding of the taxonomy and ecology of species that compose our flora in western Pennsylvania. Organisms that will be covered include: flowering plants (woody angiosperms and common wildflowers), conifers, ferns & fern allies, bryophytes, lichens, and some representative fungi and macroalgae in our flora. Terminology associated with general plant/fungal/algal structure as well as life cycles of these aforementioned organisms will be described. Students will be introduced to both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems and the habitats that select species require.