Fee: $475 for non-credit students. For credit students pay 3 hours tuition plus books.

Scope: Identification of herbaceous wildflowers in east-central Indiana. Content includes ethics of plant collecting, processing specimens (e.g., pressing, drying and mounting on herbarium sheets), vegetative morphology of flowering plants (e.g., roots, stems and leaves), flower structure and function, inflorescence types, and fruit types identification. Students will be introduced to the proper use of a plant identification key and will make a collection of wildflowers for future reference.

For information, contact:
Dr. Donald G. Ruch, Biology Department, CL 223D, 765-285-8829 or druch@bsu.edu