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The Botanist's Eye: Identifying the Plants around You

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English
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11 hours 35 minutes
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Self-Paced
Level

Beginner

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Join an experienced botanist for 24 richly illustrated lessons on how to ID—and better appreciate—the marvelous diversity of plant species.

Syllabus

01: Why Learn the Names of Plants?
02: Before There Were Flowers
03: Plants Are Named like People
04: Organizing the Huge Diversity of Plants
05: The Language of Botany
06: What the Terms Monocot, Dicot, and Eudicot Tell You
07: Parts of Three: The Monocots
08: Monocots: Orchids, Asparagus, and Irises
09: Grassy Monocots: Grasses and Relatives
10: Early Eudicots: Buttercups and Poppies
11: Eudicots: Crassula, Euphorbs, and Willows
12: Eudicots: Peas and Beans
13: Rose Eudicots: Roses, Mulberries, and Elms
14: Eudicots: Squashes, Oaks, and Birches
15: Eudicots: Maples, Cashews, and Chocolate
16: Brassica Eudicots: The Mustards
17: Pink Eudicots: Pinks, Cacti, and Relatives
18: Heath and Dogwood Eudicots
19: Gentian Eudicots from Milkweed to Coffee
20: Tomato-Type Eudicots
21: Minty Eudicots with Liplike Flowers
22: Sunflower Eudicots: More than You Think
23: Parsley Eudicots: Plants with Umbels
24: Now You See Plants
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Taught by

Catherine Kleier

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