HORT 221 Woody Plants
(Contact Hours: 5) This course will give students hands-on experience with a variety of woody plants commonly used in landscapes and nursery production. Plants will include vines, shrubs, and trees. In addition, students will discuss the morphological and physiological characteristics of woody plants and their uses in a variety of settings including landscapes, culinary gardens, food forests, and green infrastructure. Students will learn to use a variety of methods to correctly identify plants (e.g., field guides and iNaturalist (R)) based on their morphological characteristics to plant family, genus, species, and occasionally cultivar. Minimum benchmarks will be enforced.