Division of Biology

        General Biology  Down by the river...            

BOTANY 401: FIELD PTERIDOLOGY ( Course has been cancelled)

Dr. Patricia Cox, Coordinator               

        Telephone: 974-6225

        E-mail: pcox@utk.ed

BOTANY 401: FIELD PTERIDOLOGY

REQUIRED TEXT

          Cranfill,R.1980.  Ferns and Fern Allies of Kentucky.                         

       Kentucky Nature Preserves Commission.  Frankfort, KY. 284 pp.

       Lellinger, D.  1985.  A Field Manual of the Ferns and Fern Allies of the United States and     Canada.  Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington DC. 389 pp.

Date                                         Subject

May 8                  Introduction: Fern Classification & Morphology

May 9                   Field Trip: Big Ridge State Park/Norris Dam State Park

May 10                  Lecture:  Fern allies

May 13                  Field Trip Smokies:  Little River Above Elkmont

May 14                  Lecture:  Eusporangiate ferns                           

May 15                  Exam I

May 16                  Field trip : Cataloochee and Big Creek (GSMNP)

May 17                  Lecture:  Characteristics of Dryopteridaceae; Thelypteridaceae

May 18-19              Weekend Field trip:  Fall Creek Falls State Park

May 20                  Study day

May 21                  Lecture:  Fern phylogeny

May 22                  Lecture:  Aquatic ferns

May 23                  Field Trip: Hiwassee River/Chilhowee Lake

May 24                  Paper presentations

May 27                  Paper presentations

May 28                  Final Exam

***Field quizzes will be given during field trips.

**** Syllabus is subject to Change depending on the weather!!!