Advanced Plant Identification
Course content
Critical identification of vascular plants to species, with focus on the Danish flora.
MSc Programme in Biology
MSc Programme in Biology with a minor subject
Knowledge:
- Overview over botanical terminology and available
tools for identification of Danish plants, experience in
critical use of identification literature
Skills:
- To correctly identify Danish plants to species by use of relevant determination keys and taxon descriptions
- To have a good overview of systematics and species delimitation in Danish vascular plants
Competences:
- To be able to safely arrive at the correct identity of Danish vascular plants
- To enable the use of plant identification in conservation surveillance, nature management and dissemination of plant diversity.
Field course day-time excursions and evening exercises. In addition, an independent field assignment.
Dansk flora, 2nd edition, by S. Frederiksen, F. N. Rasmussen & O. Seberg (2012)
For additional recommended literature – see Absalon.
The course expands the compulsory courses Diversity of Organisms
and Field Course II (biology), but these courses are not a
precondition.
Academic qualifications equivalent to a BSc degree is
recommended.
The course is based entirely on the use of identification tools
in Danish.
Please note that the students pay a supplement to the course
expenses covering part of the food costs and transportation.
Approximately DKK 750.
Oral, individual and collective feedback during the field course
week.
Written, individual feedback by final exam (In addition to the
grade)
- ECTS
- 7,5 ECTS
- Type of assessment
-
Written assignment, 1 week
- Type of assessment details
- Electronic report
The report consists of documentation of the identification work done in terms of notes and illustrations - photographs or similar - of the diagnostic characters observed and used in the identification work - Exam registration requirements
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80% participation in excursions and exercises is mandatory.
- Aid
- All aids allowed
- Marking scale
- 7-point grading scale
- Censorship form
- No external censorship
One internal examiner.
- Re-exam
-
Written examination (4 hours). The following aids allowed: The book "Dansk Flora".
If the exam requirement is not fulfilled, the student must take the course again in a later year.
Criteria for exam assessment
In order to obtain the grade 12 the student should convincingly and accurately demonstrate the knowledge, skills and competences described under Learning Outcome.
Single subject courses (day)
- Category
- Hours
- Preparation
- 106
- Practical exercises
- 30
- Excursions
- 30
- Project work
- 30
- Exam
- 10
- English
- 206
Kursusinformation
- Language
- English
- Course number
- NBIK15000U
- ECTS
- 7,5 ECTS
- Programme level
- Full Degree Master
- Duration
-
30 June-5 July 2024
- Placement
- Summer
- Schedulegroup
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Summer course at Salten Skov Laboratoriet near Silkeborg
- Capacity
- 16
The number of seats may be reduced in the late registration period - Studyboard
- Study Board for the Biological Area
Contracting department
- Department of Biology
Contracting faculty
- Faculty of Science
Course Coordinator
- Hans Henrik Bruun (7-5b5b558588888153757c82417e8841777e)
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