Environment General Courses (ENVIRON)

graduate level, taught in Durham

237L. Field Botany of North Carolina’s Wetlands. A survey of the flora of North Carolina’s wetland habitats with emphasis on plant identification in the field. Field trips to mountain, piedmont, and coastal wetlands. Examination of all groups of plants including bryophytes, ferns, and seed plants. Wetland habitats include swamps, bogs, pocosins, and brackish sites. Information on the floristics of the southeastern United States botanical nomenclature, systematic relationships of wetland plants, and an overview of wetland vegetation. Prerequisite: one course in plant diversity or systematics, or consent of instructor. Instructors: Shaw and Wilbur. 3 units. C-L: Biology 242L