The Ecology of Mosses

EFB 446/646

LABORATORY SCHEDULE

SPRING 2010

 

Please bring a dissecting kit and your copy of Mosses of the Great Lakes Forest to every lab session.

 

 

 

January 21                Morphology  and Growth Forms of Mosses

                                 Preparation of Bryophyte Collection

 

January 28                Reproduction/life cycle of mosses

 

February 4                Microscopic Anatomy of Moss Gametophytes

 

February 11              Use of keys in bryophyte identification

                       

February  18             Moss identification:  Mosses of the coniferous

                                  forest

 

February 25              Moss identification: Mosses of calcareous

                                  habitats

 

March 4                    Moss identification: Saxicolous mosses

 

March 11                  Moss identification: Terricolous mosses

 

March  25                 Introduction to Liverworts

 

April 1                      Sphagnum identification

 

April 8                      Field trip: TBA

 

April 15                     Field trip: TBA

 

April 22                     Field trip: TBA

 

April 29                     Field trip: TBA

 

 

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Last Updated February 5, 2010.