BOTANY 630D -- Advanced Dendrology for Teachers









Instructor:                     Roger D. Meicenheimer
Office:                            358 PSN
Phone #:                       529-7012
Office Hours:               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.
     Emphasison stem, leaf, and vascular components of the plant.
      Expert Systems.

BOT 605 Objectives:

To provide teachers with an intensive and broad experience with respect to knowledge of trees (Dendrology).  This experience will include identification, distribution, and utilization of native and introduced trees and their products.  Teachers will customize a MUDES CD for incorporation into their own individual curricula as an independent project during the course.

BOT 605 Grade Information:

Final Grade based on  [ Midterm Exam + Final Exam + (Laboratory Quiz)/7 + MUDES Project ] / 4


BOTANY 605 -- Advanced Dendrology for Teachers Topical Syllabus

 Meeting Times:

     Sprint Format in Summer III   Class will meet for the four week period beginning June 2 and ending July 21
     Lectures                                       MWF   9 -10 AM,  MW  1 - 2 PM        306 PSN
     Laboratories                               MWF 10 -12 AM,  MW  2 - 4 PM        Field Studies Primarily on Oxford Campus

Textbooks / Resources:

     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.  Miami University Dendrology Expert System CD
            (Students will have access to Sony 505 MicroNoteBook Computers to run this Software and complete their projects)

     3.  Numerous Taxonomic Resources will be placed on reserve in Brill Science Library
 

TOPICAL SCHEDULE
Period 
(A = Morning, B = afternoon)
Lecture (Reading) Images Laboratories
The Basics
1A  Introduction (1-48)
Classification-Taxonomy Principles
Introduction to MicroNoteBooks
and The MUDES
1B  Growth and Form  Editing the MUDES
and Digital Imaging
2A  Morphology (60-89; 237-239)   Leaf/Twig/Bark/Flower/Fruit 
Character States
Characteristics, Distribution, and Uses of Important Tree species by Families:

2B
Hippocastanaceae (435-439)
Oleaceae (464-474)
Rutaceae (461-463)
Simaroubaceae (458-460)
Hippocastanaceae
Oleaceae
Simaroubaceae
Field identification
 3A  Tiliaceae (375-379) Tiliaceae Quiz
MUDES data logging
4A, B Juglandaceae (275-297)
Betulaceae (356-372)
Salicaceae (379-397)
Annonaceae (249)
Aquifoliaceae (430-432)
Rhamnaceae (432-434)
Juglandaceae
Betulaceae
Salicaceae
Annonaceae
Aquifoliaceae
Rhamnaceae
Quiz
Field identification
5A, B  Fagaceae (298-356) Fagaceae Quiz
Field identification
6A Midterm Exam
Draft of MUDES Project Due
Videos:
Resources of the Forest
The Paper Mill
Lumber Production
7A, B  Ulmaceae (262-272) 
Moraceae(272-275)
Magnoliaceae (240-249)
Ulmaceae
Moraceae
Magnoliaceae

Field identification

8A, B 
Rosaceae (404-410)
Lauraceae (249-254)
Mimosaceae (410-412)
Caesalpiniaceae (412-416)
Fabaceae (416-420)
Ebenaceae (401-402)
Scrophulariaceae (475)
Bignoniaceae (475-478)
Rosaceae
Lauraceae
Mimosaceae
Caesalpiniaceae
Fabaceae
Ebennaceae
Scrophulariaceae
Bignoniaceae
Quiz
Field identification
9A  Hamamelidaceae (254-262)
Platanaceae (254-257)
Cornaceae (421-430)
Hamamelidaceae
Platanaceae
Cornaceae
Quiz
Field identification
10A Aceraceae (439-454) Aceraceae Quiz
Field identification
11A, B  Gymnosperms (90-236)
Forest Ecology
Forest Regions of USA
Pinaceae
Cupressaceae
Maps
Quiz
Field identification
Video:                                                                                 The River
12A  Final Exam Final MUDES Project Due