Course: Field Botany

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Course title Field Botany
Course code BOT/EXP
Organizational form of instruction Excursion
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Trávníček Bohumil, doc. RNDr. Ph.D.
  • Hradílek Zbyněk, RNDr. Ph.D.
  • Vašut Radim Jan, doc. RNDr. Ph.D.
  • Hroneš Michal, RNDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Practical field excursion with demonstration of common and important plant species of the Czech republic. 2. Students will get experienced in determination, basic ecological characteristics and phytogeography of plant species of our country. 3. Herbarium plant collecting.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Demonstration
Learning outcomes
Taxonomy of higher plants in nature.
Student should be able to (after attending the course): - Determine the most important Plant species of Czechia (i.e. phytogeographically, ecologically or taxonomically important). - Use determination keys in plant identification. - Explain elementary taxonomic, ecologic and phytogeographic characteristics of major central-European plants.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge in Plant Morphology

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam

attendance, plant determination test: 2/3 correctly determined plant species (test is on living material)
Recommended literature
  • Flóra Slovenska, 1966-2012. Veda, Bratislava.
  • Fischer, M.A. ed. (1994). Exkursionsflora von Österreich. Wien.
  • Hegi, G. et al. ed. Illustrierte Flora von Mittel-Europa 1-7 díl, 1966-2000. . München.
  • Kubát K. (ed.). (2002). Klíč ke květeně České republiky. Academia, Praha.
  • Štěpánková, J. ed. Květena České republiky, 1.-8. díl, 1998-2010. Praha.
  • Vašut R.J., Duchoslav M., Dančák M. a kol. Portál České Flóry.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Biology for Education (2019) Category: Biology courses 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer