Graduate Certificate

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Study of forage and wildland plants that are important to grassland management and production. Focus of the course is the distribution, utilization, classification, and identification (including identification by vegetative and reproductive parts) of 150 key grassland species of the Great Plains. The environmental characteristics, uses, and plant communities of the major grassland types of the Great Plains are presented.

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Cheryl Dunn
Office: 402-472-1953
cdunn3@unl.edu

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UNL Graduate Studies will email students with information (student name, email, and NU ID) and instructions for accessing UNL classes. For undergraduate students in the ECEMS program, Mel Sedlacek will email students with information and instructions for accessing UNL classes. Students will claim their UNL account by setting a password and security questions. Once students claim their ID, they will be able to access their courses at https://canvas.unl.edu/. Courses may not be visible to students until the first day of class.

Please contact the UNL campus coordinator listed below with any questions.

Lisa King for Family & Community Services, Family & Consumer Sciences Education, Family Financial Planning, Youth Development, and Community Development

Mel Sedlacek for Early Care & Education

Kelly Durkin for Dietetics

Melisia Bieber for Merchandising

Melissa Sailors for Ag Systems Management & Technology, Animal Science, Food Safety & Defense, Grassland Management, Horticulture, and Quantitative Genetics & Genomics

 

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This course does not require an exam proctor.

This course does not include synchronous components.

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Textbook Information

Common Grasses of Nebraska. 2016. EC05-170 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension, Lincoln, NE. Free PDF: http://extensionpublications.unl.edu/assets/pdf/ec170.pdf

Common Forbs and Shrubs of Nebraska. Dunn, C., J. Stubbendieck and M. Stephenson. 2016. EC-118 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension, Lincoln, NE. Free PDF: http://extensionpublications.unl.edu/assets/pdf/ec118.pdf

North American Wildland Plants. Stubbendieck, J., S.L. Hatch, N.M. Bryan and C. Dunn. 2017. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE.