Information Package / Course Catalogue
Landscape Plants I
Course Code: PM105
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 2
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

This course is aimed at: teaching the importance of Latin for the naming of the plants, systems of classification for plants, taxonomic classification of trees used in the landscape architecture, physiological and ecological characteristics and usage areas of trees in the landscape architecture.

Course Content

The importance of Latin for the naming of the plants, taxonomic classification of plants, distinctiveness of plants, classification of trees according to deciduous or evergreen, important physiological and ecological characteristics of trees in the landscape architecture, teaching the different uses of trees in the landscape architecture.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Lec. Abdullah AKPINAR
Learning Outcomes
1.to understand of the importance of Latin for the naming of plants
2.To learn the definition of taxonomic classification and the rules of taxonomic classification of plants
3.to use the characteristics of habitus, deciduous or evergreen, flower, fruit, leaf and trunk
4.to distinguish trees from different family, genera or species
5.to examine physiological characteristics of trees such as habitus, height, width and blossom
6.to examine ecological requirement of trees such as heat, water, fertilizer, and ph
7.Understanding the purposes of use of trees in landscape architecture studies
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Brickell, C., 1994. The Royal Horticultural Society Gardeners Encyclopedia of Plants&Flowers, Dorling Kindersley Limited, London, Great Britain.
2.Cheers, G., 1999. Botanica, Könemann Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Cologne.
3.Coombes, A.J., 2000. Trees, Dorling Kindersley Limited., London, Great Britain.
4.Press, B., 1996. Trees, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd., London, Great Britain.
5.Kayacık, H., 1980, 1981, 1982. Orman ve Park Ağaçlarının Özel Sistematiği Cilt I, II ve III, İstanbul Üniversitesi Orman Fakültesi Yayınları, İstanbul.
6.Orçun, E., 1969. Bitki Sistematiği Dersleri (H. Lübben’den çeviri) Ege Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Yayınları: 24, Bornova, İzmir.
7.Orçun, E., 1972. Dendroloji I (İğne Yapraklı Ağaç ve Ağaçcıklar), Ege Üniversitesi Matbaası, Bornova, İzmir.
8.Orçun, E., 1975. Dendroloji II (Yapraklı Ağaç-Ağaçcıkların Özellikeri ve Peyzaj Mimarisinde Kullanılışları), Ege Üniversitesi Matbaası, Bornova, İzmir.
9.Pamay, B., 1992. Bitki Materyali I-II-III. İ.Ü. Orman Fakültesi Peyzaj Mimarlığı Bölümü, Küçükkuyu, İstanbul.
10.Yaltırık, F., 1993. Dendroloji I (Gymnospermae), ve II (Angiospermae) İstanbul Üniversitesi Orman Fakültesi Yayınları, İstanbul.
11.Mataracı, T., 2004. Ağaçlar: Marmara Bölgesi Doğa-Egzotik Ağaç ve Çalıları, TEMA Vakfı Yayını No: 39, İstanbul.
12.Namıkoğlu, N.G., 2008. Türkiye’nin Ağaçları ve Çalıları, Doğuş Grubu İletişim Yayıncılık ve Ticaret A.Ş., İstanbul.
13.Gülpınar, H., 2006. Bitkilerimiz, Türev Yayıncılık ve Matbaacılık San. Tic. Ltd. Şti.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical & Practice
Introduction, the content and context of the course
Week 2 - Theoretical & Practice
Classification of Plants, Examination of species belonging to the Aceraceae and Altingiaceae families
Week 3 - Theoretical & Practice
Examination of species belonging to the Anacardiaceae and Arecaceae families
Week 4 - Theoretical & Practice
Examination of species belonging to Bignoniaceae and Casuarinaceae families
Week 5 - Theoretical & Practice
Examination of species belonging to Cupressaceae and Fabaceaeve families
Week 6 - Theoretical & Practice
Examination of species belonging to Juglandaceae and Lauraceae families
Week 7 - Theoretical & Practice
Examination of species belonging to Leguminaceae and Lythraceae families
Week 8 - Theoretical & Practice
Examination of species belonging to Magnoliaceae and Malvaceae families
Week 9 - Theoretical & Practice
Examination of species belonging to Meliaceae and Moraceae families
Week 10 - Theoretical & Practice
Examination of species belonging to Myrtaceae and Oleaceae families
Week 11 - Theoretical & Practice
Examination of species belonging to Pinaceae, Platanaceae, and Proteaceae families
Week 12 - Theoretical & Practice
Examination of species belonging to Rosaceae and Rutaceae families
Week 13 - Theoretical & Practice
Examination of species belonging to Salicaceae and Sapindaceae families
Week 14 - Theoretical & Practice
Examination of species belonging to Simaroubaceae and Tiliaceae families
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%30
Final Examination1%60
Practice Examination1%10
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142256
Lecture - Practice142256
Practice Examination1224
Midterm Examination1224
Final Examination1325
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)125
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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