Graduate Certificate

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Course Information
Grassland Plant Identification

Course Description
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.
Contacts
Instructor

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

Campus Coordinator

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Disability Support Services

To request accommodations for this course, contact the disability support office at your home university. You must register each semester and for each course. Read more about the Great Plains IDEA process for requesting accommodations.


Textbooks

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


Course Access

Canvas at UNL

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

 


Exam Proctor

This course requires an exam proctor. Consult the campus coordinator at the teaching university for proctor guidelines.

Synchronous Components

This course does not include synchronous components.


Comments
Two free downloadable pdf texts are also required.

1. Dunn, C., J. Stubbendieck and M. Stephenson. 2016. Common grasses of Nebraska. EC05-170 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension, Lincoln, NE.  (free pdf: http://extensionpublications.unl.edu/assets/pdf/ec170.pdf)


2. Dunn, C., J. Stubbendieck and M. Stephenson. 2016. Common forbs and shrubs of Nebraska. EC-118 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension, Lincoln, NE.  (free pdf: http://extensionpublications.unl.edu/assets/pdf/ec118.pdf)
University Members
Members of the Great Plains IDEA are universities accredited by a regional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Member universities recruit, admit and graduate students, teach in an academic program and contribute to the leadership and maintenance of the alliance. Membership in the alliance is a selective process that engages institutional leadership at all levels.

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