831136 Dendrology


Type
Lecture
Semester hours
2
Lecturer (assistant)
Hesse, Benjamin Daniel
Organisation
Offered in
Sommersemester 2025
Languages of instruction
Deutsch

Content

Importance of woody plants for ecosystems and landscape; origin and differentiation of gymnosperms and angiosperms; the ice age as the cause of the depauperation of Europe in woody species; general features of spermatophyta; the gymnosperms and their Central European representatives; the dicots and their woody representatives

Previous knowledge expected



Objective (expected results of study and acquired competences)

Understanding the evolution of woody plants from the most primitive gymnosperms to the most evolved angiosperms; recognition of Central European woody species and some important exotics by means of conspicuous characteristics; sites, geographic distribution and commercial use of the species
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