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Oct 10, 2024
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AGH 120 - Herbaceous Plant Materials Credits: 3 Lecture Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 2 Practicum Hours: 0 Work Experience: 0 Course Type: Voc/Tech The study and identification of herbaceous annual and perennial plants used in horticulture. Competencies
- Distinguish between major plant families used in horticulture
- Differentiate families based on reproductive morphology
- Compare families based on vegetative morphology
- Differentiate between major plant genera used in horticulture
- Separate genera based on reproductive morphology
- Contrast genera based on vegetative morphology
- Evaluate the traits of groups of herbaceous plant materials
- Determine tolerance to sunlight exposure
- Contrast tolerances to differing soil conditions
- Assess value based on aesthetics or function
- Classify plant life cycles
- Differentiate between annuals, biennials and perennials
- Contrast short lived and long lived perennials
- Compare and contrast the uses of economically important herbaceous plants
- Identify over 100 herbaceous plants by genus and species from a given plant list
- Differentiate between the roles of economically important plant materials
- Select herbaceous plants of appropriate longevity (annual, biennial, perennial) and physical characteristics (height, color, etc.) for a given site (mocroclimate)
- Create a document outlining more detailed informaiton on a subset of plants
- Provide specific information on ideal sunlight exposure, soil conditions, etc that these plants thrive in
- Investigate what cultivars are commercially available
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