Vascular Flora of Wisconsin - Botany 401
Laboratories (dates shown for Monday/Wednesday lab, topics are same for Tuesday/Thursday lab)
| Week | Date | Lab Topic |
| 1 |
Jan 23 | No Lab |
| Jan 25 | 1 Vegetative characters of Vascular Plants; Keying |
| 2 |
Jan 30 | 2 Seed Free Vascular Plants |
| Feb 1 | 3 Gymnosperms |
| 3 |
Feb 6 | 4 Flower and Fruit Morphology in Angiosperms |
| Feb 8 | 5 Water Lilies and Buttercups |
| 4 |
Feb 13 | 6 Mayapples and Sycamores |
| Feb 15 | 7 Spring Beauty and Sundews |
| 5 |
Feb 20 | 8 Currants and Raspberries |
| Feb 22 | 9 Elms, Mulberries, and Legumes |
| 6 |
Feb 27 | 10 Violets, Aspens, and Gourds |
| Feb 29 | Open review session in lab Feb 29/Mar 1 |
| 7 |
Mar 5 | [Exam 1 in lab, Mar 5-6: labs 1-10] |
| Mar 7 | 11 Oaks, Birches, and Evening Primroses |
| 8 |
Mar 12 | 12 Mustards, Mallows, and Maples |
| Mar 14 | 13 Blueberries and Dogwoods |
| 9 |
Mar 19 | 14 Gentians, Milkweeds, and Nightshades |
| Mar 21 | 15 Mints and Snapdragons |
| 10 |
Mar 26 | 16 Carrots and Honeysuckles |
| Mar 28 | 17 Bellflowers, Asters, and Goldenrods [Forest site locations given to TAs] |
Spring Break |
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| 11 |
Apr 9 | 18 Arums and Lilies |
| Apr 11 | 19 Orchids and Spiderworts |
| 12 |
Apr 16 | 20 Sedges and Grasses |
| Apr 18 | Open review session in lab Apr 18/19 |
| 13 |
Apr 23 | Exam 2 in lab, Apr 23/24 - labs 11-20] |
| Apr 25 | Local Field Trip | |
| Apr 28 | Saturday Field Trip - optional |
| 14 |
Apr 30 | Field Work [no lecture or lab] |
| May 2 | Field Work [no lecture or lab] |
| 15 |
May 7 | Field Work [no lecture or lab] |
| May 9 | Field Work [no lecture or lab] |
MAY 12-18 FINAL EXAM IN THE FIELD |
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