LECTURE

WEEK 1: (read, review)

Mar. 27: Introduction to Course (pdf )
Mar. 29: Tree growth (pdf)
Mar. 31: Special biology of trees (pdf)

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

WEEK 2: (read, review)

Apr. 3: Species List 1 (A) (pdf)
Apr. 5: Natural variation and its sources (pdf)
Apr. 7: Genetic change (pdf)

Apr. 10: Species origins and maintenance (pdf) Species List 1 (B) (pdf)
Apr. 12: Tree architecture (pdf)
Apr. 14: Life-history strategies (pdf)

WASHINGTON PARK ARBORETUM
Observations and Hypotheses
SPECIES LIST 1 (B)

Apr. 17: Species List 2 (pdf)
Apr. 19: Reproductive systems of trees (pdf)
Apr. 21: FIRST MIDTERM

WASHINGTON PARK ARBORETUM
SPECIES LIST 2

WEEK 5: (read, review)

Apr. 24: Species List 3 (pdf)
Apr. 26: Pollination and seed dispersal (pdf)
Apr. 28: Preparation for Adaptation Report

WASHINGTON PARK ARBORETUM
SPECIES LIST 3

WEEK 6: (read, review)

May 1: Plant-Animal Co-evolution (MEET AT BOTANY GREENHOUSE)
May 3: Adaptation to chemical stress (pdf)
May 5: Plant defenses (pdf)

WASHINGTON PARK ARBORETUM
Japanese Garden

WEEK 7: (read, review)

May 8: Species List 4 (pdf)
May 10: Tree Responses to Climate Change (pdf)
May 12: SECOND MIDTERM

WEEK 8: (read, review)

May 15: Species List 5 (pdf)
May 17: Adaptations Revisited: (ants, transgenic resistance)
May 19: Adaptations Revisited: (xylem, ontogeny of resistance)

CENTER FOR URBAN HORTICULTURE
SPECIES LIST 5
Rare Care

WEEK 9: (read, review)

May 22: Species List 6 (pdf)
May 24: Adaptations Revisited (phloem loading, embolism)
May 26: Native Uses of Thuja plicata (ppt)
(PROJECTS DUE)

WASHINGTON PARK ARBORETUM
SPECIES LIST 6

WEEK 10: (read, review)

May 29:HOLIDAY
May 30: Nature and Ornamentation (pdf)
June 2: Reports and Wrap-up (pdf)