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RHS Level 2 Certificate
Year 1 Week 1Introduction, Plant taxonomy and classification
Housekeeping
Register Student information sheets – please
complete and return next week Personal Learning Plan – what is it and how
is it used? Fire drill and fire exits
Welcome to the Course
Vikki Sargent – tutor Course covers 2 years Equivalent to a GCSE but much broader in scope Teaching methods – some talking from me, student
discussion, group exercises and some practical exercises. Supplemented by the on-line Moodle site for more information, student discussion forum and self marking quizzes.
Summer exam dates: 25th and 26th June 2014
What’s in this year
Plant names and taxonomy Basic plant botany and physiology Plant propagation Environmental and safety issues in
gardening Outdoor food production – vegetables and
fruit Introduction to garden planning and design
Icebreaker
Speed dating – talk to as many people as possible and ask the questions on the sheet.
Learning objectives
Demonstrate a knowledge of the classification and taxonomic hierarchy of seed bearing plants
State the major divisions found in the plant kingdom.
Identify the basic differences between gymnosperms and angiosperms.
Describe differences between the monocotyledon and dicotyledon divisions of the angiosperms, including the external features of root type, leaf shape and venation, and internal differences in the distribution of vascular bundles.
Plant classification – why?
Need a common ‘language’ and structure to enable clear discussion and identification.
Classification is based on physical structure Understanding classification allows
identification of plants and prediction of various characteristics, including whether cross breeding is possible.
Main divisions of plant family
Seed producing plants are the focus of this course (Superdivision: spermatophyta); ferns, mosses and horsetails have their own divisions (fungi and algae are not in the plant family at all).
Spermatophyta is divided into two Phyla (singular: Phylum): Coniferophyta (all conifers) and Angiospermophyta (all other seed producing flowering plants).
Gymnosperms and angiosperms
Angiosperms Gymnosperms
Flowers; seed in ovary Cones; naked seed
Many insect pollinated Usually wind pollinated
Evergreen or deciduous Mostly evergreen
All life cycles and habitats Mostly perennial shrubs or trees; often dry habitats.
Non-resinous Resinous
Xylem vessels Xylem tracheids
Monocotyledons and dicotyledons
A ‘cotyledon’ is a seed leaf; the first leaf produced by a plant. Monocots have one seed leaf, dicots have two.
Dicots have broad leaves with veins in a network, branching roots, regular arrangements of vascular tissue and are insect pollinated.
Monocots have narrow leaves with parallel veins, fibrous roots that grow from a single root plate, scattered vascular bundles and are usually (not always) wind pollinated.
Which is which?
Monocot or dicot?
Learning outcomes
Demonstrate a knowledge of the classification and taxonomic hierarchy of seed bearing plants
State the major divisions found in the plant kingdom. Identify the basic differences between gymnosperms
and angiosperms. Describe differences between the monocotyledon
and dicotyledon divisions of the angiosperms, including the external features of root type, leaf shape and venation, and internal differences in the distribution of vascular bundles.