Dr. Kimberlyn Williams

Professor

e-mail: williams@csusb.edu

B.S., University of California, Davis
Ph.D., Stanford University

This page contains links to educational resources that I have no other place to put.

Lesson links for BIOL 3520 - Local Flora

• Plant Biodiversity in California
• Recognizing variation among plants
• Plant Basics
• Leaf Characteristics
• Flower Structure
• Fruit Types
• Inflorescences
• Identifying, classifying, and documenting species
• Taxonomy and Nomenclature
• Using The Jepson E-Flora
• Specimen Collecting and Mounting
• Plant communities
• Plant Adaptations and Habitats
• Grasslands
• CSS vs, Chaparral
• Fire Responses
• Montane Systems
• Oak Woodland
• Deserts
• Some common plant families
• The Asteraceae
• Families with 4 petals...plus the Fabaceae
• Families with 5 fused petals and superior ovaries
• The Cactaceae
• The Euphorbiaceae
• Monocot Families
• The Poaceae
• Families of common chaparral shrubs
• Gymnosperm Families

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Restoration Research

Research plots at CSUSB are being used to assess vegetation recovery after severe disturbance, and to test the effectiveness of various restoration treatments. These plots are used by classes and by individual student researchers in the Biology and Geology Departments at CSUSB.

These plots were established under a training grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to CSUSB (Grant 2013-38422-20953, Ecological Restoration in a Changing World).

Links to information for students and instructors who are working in these plots or using data from these plots are provided below.

• Plot history
• Plot map
• Plant survey methods
• Photos of plants in plots
• Information on soil compaction
• Background information on ecological restoration for the Society for Ecological Restoration

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