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Biology 213 Lecture Notes are based on materials from a number of texts recommended for use in Biology 213 and may be updated at any time. Illustrations used in lecture notes are from texts adopted, and used by permission only for illustrating these lecture notes for registered students.

Lecture Notes
Introduction

Plant Structure and Organization

Flowering Plant Reproduction and Development

Plant Tissues

Root Structure

Primary Growth in Shoots - Stem Structure

Wood, Bark and Secondary Growth

Primary Growth in Shoots - Leaves

Modified Structures

Transport in Plants

Plant Nutrients and Soils

Chemical Growth Regulators

Environmental Growth Controls and Plant Defense Responses

Introduction to Diversity

Introduction to the Plant Kingdom

List of Plant Kingdom Phyla, Classes and Orders discussed in Biology 213

Bryophytes

Spore-Dispersing Vascular Plants

Seed-Dispersing Vascular Plants

Diversity Lists - Updated 4/16/05
List of Domains and Phyla discussed in Biology 213

General Characteristics of the Domains and Kingdoms

General Characteristics of the Protista

General Characteristics of the Fungi Kingdom

Summary of Protists and Fungi
Compiled by a former Biology 213 Student

General Characteristics of the Plant Kingdom

General Characteristics of the Prokaryotes




Life Cycle Diagrams From Biology of Plants, 7^th Edition
Marchantia Life Cycle

Moss Life Cycle

Lycopodium Life Cycle

Selaginella Life Cycle

Fern Life Cycle

Psilotum Life Cycle

Equisetum Life Cycle

Pine Life Cycle

Angiosperm Life Cycle

Protists, Fungi and Prokaryote Supplemental Materials
Protists
Biology 213 Lecture Notes Spring, 2001

Fungi
Biology 213 Lecture Notes Spring, 2001

Genetics of Viruses and Prokaryotes
Biology 211 Lecture Notes 2004-2005

Ecology Unit Supplemental Materials
Biology 213 Lecture Notes Spring, 2001
Introduction to Ecology

Physical Ecology - Ecosystems and Biomes

Ecosystem Processes

Community Ecology - Population Interactions

The Ginkgo Tree: A Brief Story