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Course: |
OUT 158
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Title: | Survival Plants in Spring I |
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Long Title: | Survival Plants in the Spring I |
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Course Description: | Introduces the student to spring season genus and species recognition of wild useful plants (edible, medicinal, poisonous and tool-craft) in all life zone categories (alpine, subalpine, montane, foothill and desert) in Colorado. Other topics covered will be early ethno botany, botanical nomenclature, annuals, biennials and perennials, harvesting ethic, rare plants and seasonal changes. Note: The Survival Plant series of classes can be taken in any order because each course academia is seasonal specific not nomenclature specific. |
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Min Credit: | 2 |
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Status Notes: | Was OUT 131, changed 1/22/13 effective 201410 CFE |
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STANDARD COMPETENCIES:
1. Identify and understand terminology, facts, methodologies, and concepts related to the nature of Colorado survival plants in the spring
2. Apply the concepts used to safely identify wild and edible plants in the spring season
3. Recognize and understand characteristics, structures, and seasonal differences of wild and edible plants of the Rocky Mountains in spring season
4. Apply the principles, procedures, and techniques of wild plant identification and use during field explorations.
5. Identify historical and cultural uses of Colorado’s wild and edible plants.
TOPICAL OUTLINE:
I. Introduction to Colorado plants and their historical and medicinal uses
II. Where to find the best-tasting wild plants of the Rockies
III. Low-altitude Plants
IV. High Altitude Plants
IV. Toxic Plants
V. Food Availability
VI. Recipe Ideas
VII. Cultures and Plants
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