Plant Materials - Basics
- Faculty
Faculty of Agricultural Science and Landscape Architecture
- Version
Version 1 of 13.08.2025.
- Module identifier
44B0138
- Module level
Bachelor
- Language of instruction
German
- ECTS credit points and grading
5.0
- Module frequency
only summer term
- Duration
1 semester
- Brief description
Woody plants and perennials are an integral part of almost any open space. Good knowledge of their requirements and possible uses, professional handling in technical and design terms and consideration of economic aspects when applying them are skills that are of central importance when practicing the future profession.
- Teaching and learning outcomes
1. and 2.: Presentation of the range of woody plants and perennials relevant for use in the seasonal sequence
- woody plants
- trees for parks
- small-crowned trees
- shrubs
- Urban trees
- Ecologically valuable woody plants
- Perennials
- Spring geophytes
- Early flowering plants in woodland and woodland edges
- Flower bulbs in flower beds (tulips, daffodils etc.)
- Spring and early summer flowering perennials (woodland to open spaces)
- ground cover plants
- drought-tolerant perennials of Mediterranean and sub-Mediterranean origin
- structuring learning content
- definitions
- identifying and distinguishing features
- location and maintenance requirements
- life zones and sociability levels (perennials)
- information on origin, cultivation and possible uses
- Ecological value
- woody plants
- Overall workload
The total workload for the module is 150 hours (see also "ECTS credit points and grading").
- Teaching and learning methods
Lecturer based learning Workload hours Type of teaching Media implementation Concretization 30 Lecture - 30 Practice - Lecturer independent learning Workload hours Type of teaching Media implementation Concretization 30 Work in small groups - 60 Exam preparation -
- Graded examination
- oral exam or
- Written examination
- Remark on the assessment methods
Standard form of examination: oral exam (alternative form of examination may be selected by the examiner and then announced at the beginning of the event)
- Exam duration and scope
oral exam: 20-30 minutes in groups of 2-3 students
alternative written exam: 2 hours
- Recommended prior knowledge
Plants and Vegetation
- Knowledge Broadening
After successfully completing the module “Landscape and Garden Plants - Basics”, students have a wide range of knowledge about woody plants and perennials that can be used in the planning and design of open spaces.
- Knowledge deepening
After successfully completing this module, students will be able to identify the woody plants and shrubs that are important for use by certain characteristics and make statements about their professional usage.
- Knowledge Understanding
After successfully completing this module, students will be able to identify unknown plants using the knowledge they have acquired and with the help of literature.
- Application and Transfer
Students will be able to classify woody plants and perennials into use groups and make statements about site demands and design possibilities.
- Academic Innovation
Students are able to analyze usage scenarios and combine suitable shrubs and perennials to create an impromptu design.
- Communication and Cooperation
After successfully completing this module, students will be able to discuss the various characteristics and distinguishing features of perennials and woody plants and their possible uses.
- Academic Self-Conception / Professionalism
Through this module, students acquire the ability to conduct their work confidently and competently in the specialist professional field, from the production to the use of perennials and woody plants, by using the information provided on sources of supply, shipping and plant qualities.
- Literature
Hansen / Stahl, Die Stauden und ihre Lebensbereiche
Pflanzenlisten aus Park und Staudengarten
Hinweise in der Vorlesung
Kataloge rennomierter Baumschulen und Staudeng?rtnereien
Warda, Das gro?e Buch der Garten- und Landschaftsgeh?lze
- Linkage to other modules
Plant Materials - Advanced, Planting Design, Vegetation Engineering, Project Planting Desing, Project Detail
- Applicability in study programs
- Applied Plant Biology - Horticulture, Plant Technology
- Applied Plant Biology - Horticulture, Plant Technology B.Sc. (01.09.2025)
- Landscape Engineering
- Landscape Engineering B.Eng. (01.09.2025)
- Landscape Engineering Dual
- Landscape Engineering Dual B.Eng. (01.09.2025)
- Open Space Planning
- Open Space Planning B.Eng. (01.09.2025)
- Person responsible for the module
- Bouillon, Jürgen
- Teachers
- Ranck, Christian
- Bouillon, Jürgen
- Further lecturer(s)
Furmanek, Svenja