Course title
樹木学実習   [Practice on Forest Dendrology]
Course category   Requirement   Credit 2 
Department   Year 3  Semester Spring 
Course type Spring  Course code 01RN3309
Instructor(s)
渡辺 直明, 小池 伸介, 赤坂 宗光   [WATANABE Naoaki, KOIKE Shinsuke, AKASAKA Munemitsu]
Facility affiliation Field Science Center Office   Email address

Course description
Biology is unique Science that contains classification. Students must study many tree species to understand forest ecology and hardwood forestry. It is a first step to identify forest tree species to recognize forest diversity. Though each flower is a key for classification of plants, we get flowers only at short time due to their phenology. Leaves and twigs can be observed anytime in a year, at least five months for deciduous trees and whole year for ever green species. In this course, students get about 240 tree species samples in some types of forests in Kanto area and learn their names and characteristics.
Expected Learning
Students need to gain ability to identify trees by observation a twig with some leaves.
And also you need to gain methods of drawing tree leaves and making dried sample of leaves, and to get much information of forest trees.
Course schedule
Field practice
Sampling leaves, surveying and drawing vertical structure of forest.
Forays (brief excursion in forests)
Conifer and ever green broad leaved trees in Fuchu campus.
Deciduous trees in Fuchu campus.
Coppice trees at FM Tama Hill in early spring.
Coppice trees in Santomi area of Saitama prefecture.
Riparian forest trees in deep mountains in FM Kusaki.
Old secondary forest trees in deep mountains in FM Kusaki.
Trees in a forest edge and gap in FM Kusaki.
Trees in low mountains in Takao 1( Hikage river)
Trees in low mountains in Takao 2( Jataki river)
Coppice trees at FM Tama Hill in hot summer.
Prerequisites
It is recommended that students have learned forest ecology and dendrology.
Required Text(s) and Materials
The handouts will be provided.
References
Please see the syllabus in Japanese version.
Assessment/Grading
Final examination of identifying tree species 75%, reports(drawings,collecting samples and some descriptions) 25%.

2016年 S7, A11,B4,C3,D7
2015年 S14,A4,B2,C5,D2
2014年 S10,A8,B3,C8,D6
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Course keywords
boroad-leaved trees, deciduos trees, conifer, forest edge, raiparian forest, coppice
Office hours
Please make an appointment by email.
Remarks 1
This course belongs to the packages of forest biology and forest environment. And this is a required course of the Forest Science program.
Remarks 2
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Lecture Language
Japanese
Language Subject
Last update
3/23/2018 5:00:34 PM