Americans and Their Forests
PBIO 109
Glenn Matlack
Tel. 593 1131
Matlack@ohio.edu
www.plantbio.edu/epb/instruct/websites/109%20grm/109%20grm.htm
Teaching assistants
Eric Niederhauser (Porter 405)
email: en331709@ohio.edu
Jen Philhower (Porter 405)
email: jp209508@ohio.edu
Administration
Course policies
http://www.plantbio.ohiou.edu/epb/instruct/PBIO%20109%20grm/a&tf%20policies.pdf
Subject matter
Attendance
Problems
Office hours
1-4 Thursdays, or any other time!
matlack@ohio.edu
Texts
Michael Williams (1989 or 1992) Americans and Their
Forests. Cambridge University Press.
Aerial photo
Map of forest types:
http://nationalatlas.gov/natlas/Natlasstart.asp
(click on Biology > Forest Cover Types)
Handouts!
Syllabus
Exam 1
Aerial photo I
Exam 2
Aerial photo II
Exam 3
Lateness!
- April 19
- April 26
- May 10
- May 17
- June 9
Assessment
raw score = points earned/100
e.g. 84 points  raw score = 84%
scale = 75 – class mean
e.g. mean = 70, scale = 5
grade = raw score + scale
e.g. 84 + 5 = 89
Final grade
1-hour exams
3 @ 20% apiece = 60%
term paper (aerials) 10 + 20 =
30%
in-class (quizzes, etc.)
10%
e.g.
78 x 0.2 + 86 x 0.2 + 85 x 0.2 + 91 x 0.3 + 82 x 0.1 = 85.3  85
exam 1 exam 2 exam 3 paper
in-class
grade
A
B
C
D
F
90 - 100%
80 – 89
70 – 79
60 – 69
< 60
Keep all course materials!
Missing exams – don’t!
Matlack: 593 1131
matlack@ohio.edu
mail: 317 Porter
secretary: 593 1126
Administration
Academic integrity
“What is plagiarism and how to avoid it”
Cellular telephones
I. Vegetation zones
I. Vegetation zones
Rainfall !
II. Forest types
A. Northern mixed conifer
Spruce
Fir
II. Forest types
A. Northern mixed conifer
Hemlock
Birch
II. Forest types
A. Northern mixed conifer
White pine (Pinus strobus)
II. Forest types
B. Eastern deciduous forest
Oak
Hickory
Beech
Maple
Dogwood
II. Forest types
B. Eastern deciduous forest
Tulip poplar
II. Forest types
B. Eastern deciduous forest
Eastern box turtle
American chestnut
False solomon’s seal
II. Forest types
B. Eastern deciduous forest
II. Forest types
C. Coastal Plain
Pines!
II. Forest types
C. Coastal Plain - uplands
II. Forest types
C. Coastal Plain – river bottoms
White cedar
Bald Cypress
Magnolia
II. Forest types
D. West coast rainforest
Douglas fir
California redwood
II. Forest types
D. West coast rainforest
California redwood
(Sequoia sempervirens)
II. Forest types
D. West coast rainforest
II. Forest types
C. West coast rainforest
Illinois River, SW Oregon (Biscuit Fire 8/2002)
II. Forest types
E. Western interior forest
II. Forest types
E. Western interior
II. Forest types
E. Western interior
Pinyon pine/juniper (low elev.)
Lodgepole pine (high elev.)
II. Forest types
E. Western interior
Englemann spruce (really high elevation!)
II. Human impact
Humans have regarded trees as
- weeds
- wealth
- natural beauty
- scary
- fire traps
- home
III. Human impact
1620
1850
1920
2010