Biology 5460
Fall 2011

Student Led Debates
Utah Veg. Project
Utah Veg. Online Manual
Climate Project
Grading and Exams
Course Policies
Objectives & Texts
Past Course Evaluations
WebCT


Class Meeting Schedule

10:45 am - 12:05 pm
Tuesday and Thursday
320 AEB

Mark Blonquist

Instructor
(801) 585-5671
mark.blonquist@utah.edu

Jinny McGavien

Coordinator
(801) 581-6414
jinny.mcgavien@utah.edu

Suzy Khacahturyan

Teaching Assistant
suzy.khachaturyan@gmail.com


Printable Syllabus

Utah Vegetation Online Manual

Fall 2011


This assignment is only for students not presenting in the point-counterpoint debates. The objective here is to create a detailed 1-page description of different plants species found in Utah. You are asked to select from among the plant species listed below. Once you have selected a species, e-mail Mark, and then we will place your name next to it, send you some useful tips to get your project started, and create a hot link to the web page that you produce. Each web page must describe the geographic and elevational distribution of the species, and then provide interesting ecological information about the species. You should add referenced photos. You must add 4-8 hotlinks to reference the ecological information that you provide. Web pages are to be produced using MS WORD, saved as DOC files, and emailed to Jinny McGavien for uplodading.

Common tree species Common shrub species
Abies concolor Y. Ranae Lems Agave utahensis Joshua Jaimez
Abies lasiocarpa Raili Taylor Allenrolfea occidentalis Christian Bowers
Acer grandidentatum Jason Sung Ambrosia dumosa Dallin Roberts
Acer negundo Ashley Hillman Amelanchier alnifolia Will McDonald
Acer platanoides Heather Fillerup Artemisia ludoviciana Lawrie Allred
Alnus incana Jessica Holdaway Artemisia tridentata Rachelle Ridge
Betula occidentalis Victoria Lee Atriplex canescens Rachel Wright
Catalpa bignonoides Victoria Lee Atriplex confertifolia Rachel Wright
Chilposis linearis Melinda Baker    
Juniperus osteosperma Justin Owen Sevy Atriplex hymenelytra Dan Thomas
Picea engelmannii Brandon Skoumal Atriplex patula Dan Thomas
Picea pungens Y. Ranae Lems Chrysothamnus nauseosus Penny Lopez
Pinus contorta Jason Sung    
Pinus edulis Joshua Jaimez Cornus stolonifera Hilary Rowe
Pinus longaeva David Love    
Pinus monophylla Ashley Hillman Fraxinus anomala Alex Grapov
Pinus ponderosa Brandon Butler Lonicera tatarica Teri Trotter
Populus fremontii Yongxin Yu Quercus turbinella Jeffrey West
Prunus virginiana Jieun Hwang Quercus gambelii Jeffrey West
Salix exigua Yongxin Yu Rhus trilobata Jieun Hwang
Common grass species Common herb species
Agropyron cristatum Liana Ho Achillea millefolium Penny Lopez
Agropyron spicatum Raili Taylor Allionia incarnata Gabriel Valencia
Andrpogon gerardii Mandy Hansen Alyssum minus Jesse Gray
Aristida purpurea Mandy Hansen Amaranthus palmeri David Love
Bouteloua curtipendula Seungah Goo    
Bromus rubens Lori Miles Aquilegia caerulea Melinda Baker
Bromus briziformis Dallin Roberts Arnica cordifolia Ilona Solyom
Bromus repens Seungah Goo Aster falcatus Jessica Holdaway
Bromus tectorum Lawrie Allred Aster occidentalis Justin Owen Sevy
Buchloe dactyloides Hilary Rowe Astragalus bisulcatus Heather Fillerup
Calamagrostis canadensis Christian Bowers Astragalus beckwithii Sidney Lai
Cynodon dactylon Crystal Japngie Green Astragalus utahensis Sidney Lai
Deschampsia cespitosa Ilona Solyom Baileya multiradiata Liana Ho
Distichlis spicata Brandon Butler Balsamorhiza macrophylla Rachelle Ridge
Echinochloa crus-galli Will McDonald Balsamorhiza sagittata Brandon Skournal
Hilaria jamesii Crystal Japngie Green Berberis repens Gabriel Valencia
    Caltha leptosepala Lori Miles
Crepis occidentalis Teri Trotter
Erigeron kachinensis Lara Kapp
Lepidium draba Jesse Gray
Rannunculus acriformis Lara Kapp
Salsola kali Jaquelyne Renteria
Tetradymia nuttallii Jaquelyne Renteria
Biology 5460 - Plant Ecology