Course title
樹木学   [Forest Dendrology]
Course category		Requirement		Credit	2
Department		Year	2～	Semester	Fall
Course type	Fall	Course code	01RN2220
Instructor(s)
崔 東寿   [CHOI Dongsu]
Facility affiliation	Faculty of Agriculture	Office		Email address

Course description

The course concentrates on the identification, classification, nomenclature, uses and characteristic habitats of major tree and shrub. You will study how to use different characteristics such as leaf shape, arrangement, bark texture, and habitat to identify trees and other plant species. To expose students to morphological, ecological and phenological traits useful in field identification of woody plants. To introduce some basic characteristics of forest ecosystems. Lectures provide background information essential to developing identification skills and laboratory exercises provide hands-on application of identification skills and an opportunity to practice plant identification.

Expected Learning

Course schedule

1. The difference on the phylogenetic of trees and herbaceous 2. Classification of the trees - hardwood and softwood 3. Structure of trees 4. Metabolism of forest trees 4. Trees and water 5. Growht of trees 6. Trees and organisms 7. Trees for medicine

Prerequisites

A student needs to take a lecture, after reading a textbook about Dendrology, Plant Physiology and Forest Ecology.

Required Text(s) and Materials

I provide a handout accordingly.

References

Plant physiological ecolog - Hans Lamber et al. Trees : their natural history - Peter Thomas Plant physiolog - Lincoln Taiz And, please see the syllabus in Japanese version.

Assessment/Grading

出席30%、レポート20%、期末試験50% attendance (30%), report (20%) and final examination (50%) However, students have to attend the lecture more than 70%.

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Japanese

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5/16/2017 1:43:42 PM