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BIOL 475/689: Vegetation Description and Analysis (3 credits)

Fall 2012 - Syllabus: General information & grading - Course schedule - Full Syllabus (PDF, revised Nov. 20)
Lab Handouts & Reading materials (PDFs)

Additional resources: Plant List - Plant Characteristics - Plant Keys

Flora of Alaska

Plant identification keys (PDFs)

1. Trees (needle and broadleaf)
2. Low shrubs (40-200 cm tall)
3. Erect dwarf shrubs (5-40 cm tall)
4. Forbs (6 families)
5. Forbs (8 families)
6. Forbs (4 families)
7. Graminoids
8. Horsetails, club mosses, and ferns
9. Bryophytes
10. Lichens