Plant Ecology Warnborough College

Overview

Study plant communities, plants and their environment, soils and climate, plant adaptations to extreme environments, conservation, environmental funding and assessment with this Plant Ecology course.

Key facts

Understand the nature and principles of plant ecology and apply that understanding to the cultivation of plants.

• Take it as a stand alone course to expand and deepen your perspective on how the world around you works.
• Take it as a module within a certificate or diploma in horticulture, environmental management or science

• Take it as a component of a Diploma in Horticulture (This module is accredited as part of that diploma in the UK).

Plant Ecology at Warnborough College Aims:

• Define the term ecosystem
• Explain the importance of plants as energy producers within ecosystems
• Explain basic ecological principles
• Define the terms open and closed plant communities, semi-natural vegetation, dominant species, climax association.
• Describe the effects of plant association and competition on the succession of plants
• Describe how plant communities respond to environmental stresses.
• Explain how the development, structure and function of an organism depends on the interaction of that organism with its environment
• Describe the effects of a range of abiotic environmental factors on plant growth and development
• Explain the importance of monitoring abiotic environmental factors