Field Trip Schedule 2008
BIO 350

Fridays 2:00 - 4:50

(Dr. John Rushin, Professor of Biology, Missouri Western State University)

Aug. 29  Bluffwoods Conservation Area (concentrate on the plants of the deciduous forest)

Sept. 5  Jamerson McCormack Conservation Area (plants of the mixed-grass prairie)

Sept. 12  Squaw Creek National Wildlife Area (concentrate on wetland and tallgrass prairie plants)

Sept. 19 - 21  Reis Biological Field Station (plants of the Ozark forest) - weekend field trip or Little Tarkio Conservation Area (concentrate on tallgrass prairie plants)

Sept. 26  Pony Express Conservation Area ( concentrate on tallgrass prairie, old field and wetland plants)

Oct. 3      Private Re-established Tallgrass Prairie near King City, Mo.

Oct. 10  Plants of the Otoe Creek Nature Area at MWSU (concentrate on woody plants) and Keying and Sight Identification Quiz on Herbaceous Plants

Oct. 17  No Formal Class (independent work on collections)

Oct. 24  Hyde Park and Parkway (in search of champion trees, concentrate on woody plants)
 
Oct. 31  Keying and Sight Identification Quiz of Woody plants

Nov. 7 - Dec. 6  The remaining labs will be spent keying collected plants, mounting plants and observing and studying representative specimens of various plant families.

Plant Collections Due December 5th. Collections turned in after Dec. 5th will be penalized 5% per day until the collection is turned in.  No exceptions.

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