You will find the lecture slides here - but you still need to come to lectures to get the details and explanations necessary to pass the exams. Future lectures may not be posted yet!

• Lecture 1 (Thursday September 10): Introduction, Syllabus, and defining "Flora" and "Vegetation": PowerPoint Slides: Click here ; or pdf file, Click here
• Lecture 2 (Tuesday September 15, continuing through Thursday Sept 17): Overview of plant groups and life cycles: PowerPoint Slides, Click here ; or pdf file, Click here
• Lecture 3 (Thursday September 17, continuing through Tuesday September 22): Taxonomy, systematics, phylogenetics: PowerPoint Slides, Click here ; or pdf file, Click here
• Lecture 4 (Thursday September 24): Sampling flora and vegetation: PowerPoint Slides, Click here ; or pdf file, Click here
• Lecture 5 (*Thursday September 24*, possibly continuing through Tuesday September 29): Introductory geology for Ontario botanists: PowerPoint Slides, Click here ; or pdf file, Click here .
  *Note that we may cover two lectures in one day today!
• Lecture 6 (Tuesday September 29, continuing through Thursday October 1): Ontario geology, geomorphology, and glacial history: PowerPoint Slides, Click here ; or pdf file, Click here
• Lecture 7 (Tuesday October 1): Soils, Biomes, Forest Regions: PowerPoint Slides, Click here ; or pdf file, Click here
• Lecture 8 (Tuesday October 6): Ontario Forest Regions: PowerPoint Slides, Click here ; or pdf file, Click here
• Lecture 9 (Tuesday October 13): Aquatic ecosystems from a terrestrial view: PowerPoint Slides, Click here ; or pdf file, Click here
• Midterm (in class Tuesday Oct. 20) covers all Lecture Material up to this point.
• Lecture 10 (Thursday October 22): Disturbance: PowerPoint Slides, Click here ; or pdf file, Click here
• Lecture 11 (Tuesday October 27, however, this and the preceding lecture will probably both extend beyond one lecture period): Paleobotany, palynology, and paleolimnology: PowerPoint Slides, Click here ; or pdf file, Click here
• Lecture 12 (Tuesday November 10): Forestry: PowerPoint Slides, Click here ; or pdf file, Click here
• Guest Lecture (Thursday November 12): ???.
• Lecture 13 (Tuesday November 17): Ontario Agriculture: PowerPoint Slides, Click here ; or pdf file, Click here
• Lecture 14 (Thursday November 19): Alien & Invasive Plants: PowerPoint Slides, Click here ; or pdf file, Click here
• Lecture 15 (Tuesday November 24): Parks, Reserves, and Conservation Agencies in Ontario: PowerPoint Slides, Click here ; or pdf file, Click here
• Guest Lecture (Thursday November 26): ????
• Lecture 16 (Tuesday December 1): Urban Forestry: PowerPoint Slides, Click here ; or pdf file, Click here
• Final Exam TBA, includes all lecture material since the midterm; only main concepts from the first half.