(Taken from the UC Berkeley Course Guide)
The relationship of the main plant groups and the plant communities of California to climate, soils, vegetation, geological and recent history, and conservation. Laboratory will also include at least two Saturday field trips and focus on main plant groups and major plant families in California, and use of keys to identify introduced and especially native pteridophytes, conifers, and flowering plants of the state.
Biology 1B or consent of instructor
Spring only
2 hours of lecture and 6 hours of laboratory per week.