HORT 200 Herbacious Plants
(Contact Hours: 5) This course will give students hands-on experience with a variety of herbaceous (non-woody) plants commonly used in greenhouse production and landscapes. Plants will include annuals and perennials, bulb plants, herbs, bedding, vegetable and fruit plants, vines, and ground covers. In addition, students will discuss plant morphological and physiological characteristics and their uses in a variety of settings including landscapes, greenhouses, culinary gardens, and green infrastructure. Students will learn to use a variety of tools (e.g., field guides and iNaturalist(R)) to correctly identify plants based on their morphological characteristics to family, genus, species, and occasionally cultivar. Minimum benchmarks will be enforced.