Botany-Floristics and Fungistics
The subject is reserved for students of the following study programmes:
- Nature Management, Bachelor's Programme
Other students can get admitted if there are places available. Contact student advisor.
Upon successful completion of this course, the student:
Knowledge:
- has comprehensive knowledge on the variation of species of fungi and plants
- has comprehensive knowledge on species level of vascular plants and basic knowledge on species level of bryophytes, fungi and lichens
- knows the basic concepts of systematics and taxonomy and the system for naming species
- has basic knowledge on morphology and reproduction including life cycles, and the ecological function of fungi and plants
- has basic knowledge on symbiotic relations involving plants and fungi
- has basic knowledge on the evolutionary origin of the main groups of plants
Skills:
- is able to use literature for determining species of fungi and plants including the use of dichotomous keys
- is able to identify the most important families of vascular plants
- is able to identify at least 30 species of fungi, 30 lichens, 30 bryophytes and 300 vascular plants
General competence:
- has obtained insight in the great variation in species of fungi and plants, and insight in different morphological and reproductive adaptations
- is able to carry out basic vegetation mapping, either indivually or as part of a team
Compound assessment
- Assessment task. Approved/ Not approved. Must be passed prior to the practical examination.
- Practical examination, 1 hours, comprises 50/100 of the grade, grading scale A-F.
- Written examination, 4 hours, comprises 50/100 of the grade, grading scale A-F.
Written examination: Pen, ruler and up to 2 bilingual dictionaries
Practical examination: all written aids, for example a flora or your own notes, with the exception of a reference collection (i.e. of actual plants). No electronic aids, such as a mobile telephone, laptop or tablet.
Generating an answer using ChatGPT or similar artificial intelligence and submitting it wholly or partially as one's own answer is considered cheating.
Overlap refers to a similarity between courses with the same content. Therefore, you will receive the following reduction in credits if you have taken the courses listed below:
BIO206 - Botany - 10 credits
BIO1011 - Introduction to Botany - 7.5 credits