LECTURE

WEEK 1

Mar. 31: Introduction to Course (web, ppt)
Apr. 2: Natural Variation
Apr. 4: PINE FAMILY (Species List 1)

UW CAMPUS:
Tree parts, Growth and form in Angiosperms and Gymnosperms

WEEK 2

Apr. 7: The Special Biology of Trees
Apr. 9: Evolution and Adaptation
Apr. 11: What is a Species?

Apr. 14: The Geometry of Trees
Apr. 16: Forest communities and life-history strategies
Apr. 18: Reproductive Systems of Trees

WASHINGTON PARK ARBORETUM
Observations and Hypotheses

Apr. 21: PINE & CYPRESS FAMILIES (Species list 2)
Apr. 23: FIRST MIDTERM (KEY)
Apr. 24: Pollination and Seed Dispersal

WASHINGTON PARK ARBORETUM
SPECIES LIST 2

WEEK 5

Apr. 28: REDWOOD, YEW WILLOW & DOGWOOD FAMILIES: (Species List 3)
Apr 30: What it's like to live on the forest floor: adaptions of forest herbs
May 2: Plant-Animal Co-evolution

WASHINGTON PARK ARBORETUM
SPECIES LIST 3

WEEK 6

May 5: MAGNOLIA, ROSE, WITCH HAZEL, MAPLE & BIRCH FAMILIES (Species List 4)
May 7: HYPOTHESIS TESTING
May 9: Conifer Adaptations

WASHINGTON PARK ARBORETUM
SPECIES LIST 4

WEEK 7

May 12: Trees for the Urban Environment
May 14: Biological Invasions
May 16: SECOND MIDTERM (EXAMPLE)

WEEK 8

May 19: HEATH, ELM, LAUREL, SYCAMORE & LEGUME FAMILIES
May 21: Human Influences on Tree Evolution
May 23: OLIVE, WALNUT, LINDEN AND BEECH FAMILIES

WASHINGTON PARK ARBORETUM
SPECIES LIST 5

WEEK 9

May 26: HOLIDAY
May 28: Tree Responses to Climate Change
May 30: Nature and Ornamentation (PROJECTS DUE)

WASHINGTON PARK ARBORETUM
SPECIES LIST 6

WEEK 10

June 2: Wood: Structure, Function and Uses (web, ppt)
June 4: Reports
June 6: Reports and Wrap-up