This New England Wild Flower Society class with Arthur Haines on October 21 from 1 – 4 at Garden in the Woods addresses the vocabulary needed to understand plant identification and classification based on vegetative and reproductive structures. An introduction to plant nomenclature, phylogeny, and scientific names is also provided. Co-sponsored by the Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissioners. $46 for NEWFS members, $54 for nonmembers. Register online at www.newenglandwild.org.
With so many wetland habitats, and a pond, stream, and bog, Garden in the Woods is an excellent field site to examine shrubs that grow in and around wetlands. On Thursday, June 26, from 10 – 2, you will be introduced to 15-20 New England shrubs as well as a handful of shrubs that grow in higher and drier habitats. Please bring lunch, and a hand lens and shrub field guide, if you have them. Roland “Boot” Boutwell, naturalist, will lead this class co-sponsored by the Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissioners. Fee $53 for members of the sponsoring organizations, $64 for nonmembers. Register at http://www.newfs.org/learn/catalog/wet3019. (Sambucus canadensis, below.)
