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2018-2020 Graduate School Catalog 
    
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LAAR 523 - Plant Materials


Three hours.
3 Credits

The study of plant materials is an introduction to woody plant materials (trees, shrubs, groundcovers) in terms of their botanical identification, common name, design characteristics, urban use and special uses in the urban realm. The course is a field-oriented course that requires visiting multiple sites to review plants in different urban growing conditions. The range of sites visited includes large residences, small/large public parks, natural preserves, and arboreta. In addition, the physical structure of plant root systems, growing form/habit, leaf structure, bark conditions, flowers and other identification characteristics are studied. Students are tested weekly through field plant identification tests on plants collected and studied the previous week.

Prerequisite(s) Admission in the program, permission of instructor or Department Chair.



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