Plants provide us with a number of our basic daily needs. But what are their needs for growth and existence? What allows a seed to become a tree? How do some plants persist over centuries and others only a year?
The first class will introduce plant processes at the cell, organism, and ecosystem level that underlie growth. The basics of photosynthesis, respiration, hormones will be presented. The focus of the second class will be on plant and soil interactions, but also touch on migratory birds and mammals.
