Teaching assistants Eric Niederhauser (Porter 405) Jen Philhower (Porter 405)
Administration Course policies Subject matter Attendance Problems Office hours 1-4 Thursdays, or any other time!
Texts Michael Williams (1989 or 1992) Americans and Their Forests. Cambridge University Press. Aerial photo Map of forest types: (click on Biology > Forest Cover Types) Handouts!
Assessment raw score = points earned/100 e.g. 84 points raw score = 84% scale = 75 – class mean e.g. mean = 70, scale = 5 grade = raw score + scale e.g = 89
Final grade 1-hour 20% apiece = 60% term paper (aerials) = 30% in-class (quizzes, etc.) 10% e.g. 78 x x x x x 0.1 = 85.3 85 exam 1 exam 2 exam 3 paper in-class grade
A % B80 – 89 C70 – 79 D60 – 69 F< 60 Keep all course materials!
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I. Vegetation zones
Rainfall !
II. Forest types A. Northern mixed conifer Spruce Fir
II. Forest types A. Northern mixed conifer Hemlock Birch
II. Forest types A. Northern mixed conifer White pine (Pinus strobus)
II. Forest types B. Eastern deciduous forest OakMaple HickoryDogwood Beech
II. Forest types B. Eastern deciduous forest Tulip poplar
II. Forest types B. Eastern deciduous forest American chestnut False solomon’s seal Eastern box turtle
II. Forest types B. Eastern deciduous forest
II. Forest types C. Coastal Plain Pines!
II. Forest types C. Coastal Plain - uplands
II. Forest types C. Coastal Plain – river bottoms White cedar Bald Cypress Magnolia
II. Forest types D. West coast rainforest Douglas fir California redwood
II. Forest types D. West coast rainforest California redwood (Sequoia sempervirens)
II. Forest types D. West coast rainforest
II. Forest types C. West coast rainforest Illinois River, SW Oregon (Biscuit Fire 8/2002)
II. Forest types E. Western interior forest
II. Forest types E. Western interior
II. Forest types E. Western interior Pinyon pine/juniper (low elev.) Lodgepole pine (high elev.)
II. Forest types E. Western interior Englemann spruce (really high elevation!)
II. Human impact Humans have regarded trees as - weeds - wealth - natural beauty - scary - fire traps - home
III. Human impact