6.5 CEHs for Wetland and Soil Scientists, 1.87 CEUs for Surveyors, and 6.5 CEUs for Foresters; also approved for 6 NHDES Subsurface Bureau credit hours
This workshop will teach the skills necessary to identify late-season grasses (Family Poaceae) occurring throughout our state and nearby regions. Participants of all experience levels are encouraged to attend.
A combination of indoor and outdoor instruction will be used. Instruction will focus on understanding and recognizing the unique morphology of grasses, mastering terminology of a technical key, and examining local specimens, both in the classroom and in the field. Strategies and suggestions for identification within some of the more difficult genera of this challenging group will also be discussed.
The required text is: How to Identify Grasses and Grasslike Plants by H.D. Harrington (Swallow Press, 1977; ISBN-10: 0804007462; ISBN-13: 978-0804007467; approx. $10 through Amazon.com). You are asked to purchase this text from your preferred bookseller and bring it to the workshop along with a hand lens. All other supplies will be provided.
Leslie Adams, Ph.D., is a plant systematist and forest ecologist who specializes in ferns, grasses, and the floristic diversity of New Hampshire forests. She teaches botany, ecology, regenerative agriculture, and biology courses for the University of Maryland, Lesley University, and Great Bay Community College, and has taught plant identification courses for UNH PD&T since 1997. Leslie has a broad knowledge of the New England flora and conservation biology
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