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Course Description

This five day laboratory and field wetland plant identification course focuses on teaching you to identify wetland plants. You will learn the taxonomic identification skills necessary to identify most common species of wetland plants in the Pacific Northwest. Students will be introduced to the National List of Plants Species that occur in wetlands, and will consider the indicator status of species seen in various habitats across the wetland landscape. Lecture-labs (with lots of microscope and hand-lens work) and field study will cover terminology, field characteristics, keying, habitat preferences, species distribution and species assemblages. Emphasis will be placed on teaching field characteristics of the wetland plants, including how to key sedges, grasses, rushes, and willows. Participants should have some familiarity with our NW flora and be aware of the National List of Plants that occur in wetlands. An "advanced beginner" course, students are NOT expected to be proficient in plant taxonomy or wetland ecology.

Applies Towards the Following Certificates

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