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Identify trees, shrubs, and climbers used in amenity horticulture
Level
3
Credits
10
Purpose
This unit standard is for people working, or intending to work, in amenity
horticulture. People credited with this unit standard are able to: identify and
explain the physical characteristics of trees, shrubs, and climbers; identify,
label, and present a range of amenity trees, shrubs, and climbers; and
identify, either in situ or ex situ, a range of thirty common amenity trees,
shrubs, and climbers, excluding previously collected or uniquely
photographed specimens.
Subfield
Horticulture
Domain
Amenity Horticulture
Status
Registered
Status date
20 June 2008
Date version published
20 June 2008
Planned review date
31 December 2012
Entry information
Open.
Replacement information
This unit standard replaced unit standard 1670.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA, industry
and teaching professional in the same field from another
provider.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Primary Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0032
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
Plants refer to trees, shrubs, and climbers, including New Zealand native plants,
commonly used in amenity horticulture. Plants covered at this level should be those
that can be easily identified, often without the use of botanical references.
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Primary Industry Training Organisation holds a list of trees, shrubs, climbers, and
native plants considered common in most areas or that are well known. However,
other species may be common in localised areas and should not be excluded.
3
Identifying features may include: leaf type (simple or compound), leaf arrangement,
leaf shape, leaf colour, and growth habit; for angiosperms, include the flower shape
and colour, inflorescence, and flowering period. For gymnosperms and ferns, include
the reproductive structures.
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Definitions
Unique identifier refers to a personal identifying object in the photograph that is used
to determine that individual actually took the photograph themself.
In situ refers to in its original place.
Ex situ refers to away from its original place.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Identify and explain the physical characteristics of trees, shrubs, and climbers.
Performance criteria
1.1
Basic plant parts are identified in terms of flower, stem, node, internode, leaf
blade, leaf petiole, and roots.
1.2
Basic identifying features of plants are recognised and named, and their
importance in plant identification is explained.
Element 2
Identify, collect, label, and present a range of trees, shrubs, and climbers used in amenity
horticulture.
Performance criteria
2.1
Ten common amenity plant specimens are identified, collected, pressed, dried,
and mounted neatly or photographed with a unique identifier.
Range
2.2
at least three each of – trees, shrubs, climbers;
plants collected may include but are not limited to – Primary
Industry Training Organisation list; plant parts collected or
photographed include – stem, foliage, flowers.
Each plant specimen and/or photograph is labelled and presented.
Range
label includes – botanical, common, and family names; identifying
features; plant type; plant use; cultural requirements; date and site
collected.
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Element 3
Identify, either in situ or ex situ, a range of thirty common amenity trees, shrubs, and
climbers, excluding previously collected or uniquely photographed specimens.
Performance criteria
3.1
Thirty common amenity plants are identified; identification includes at least five
plants from each group.
Range
groups – trees, shrubs, climbers;
identification includes – common, and family names; identifying
features; and plant use.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated
authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against
unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by NZQA before they can register
credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations
wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for
tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the Primary Industry Training Organisation http://www.primaryito.ac.nz if
you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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