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Tag: Michael Wojtech

  • Saturday, March 24, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Bark: Get to Know Your Trees

    The traits typically used to describe trees, leaves, twigs, and buds are often not clearly visible or seasonally absent. Join Michael Wojtech, naturalist and writer, at Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston, Massachusetts on Saturday, March 24, from 1 – 4 for an indoor/outdoor exploration of bark, which is always visible, in any season. You will learn about a system for distinguishing bark characteristics and discover clues to bark ecology. For more details on Michael or his new book, Bark: A Field Guide to Trees of the Northeast, visit: www.knowyourtrees.com.  Tower Hill member price $30, nonmembers $35.  Sign up at www.towerhillbg.org.

  • Sunday, October 9, 2:00 pm – Bark: A Field Guide to Trees of the Northeast

    The Harvard Museum of Natural History will sponsor an author talk by Michael Wojtech on Sunday, October 9, beginning at 2 pm at the Museum, 26 Oxford Street in Cambridge. Many people know how to identify trees by their leaves, but what happens when those leaves that have fallen or are out of reach? With detailed information and illustrations covering each phase of a tree’s life-cycle, author and naturalist Michael Wojtech will explain how to identify trees by their bark—the one tree characteristic that’s visible all year round. Learn about the structure and ecology of tree bark and how its different traits evolved. Free with museum admission.  For directions and more information, log on to www.hmnh.harvard.edu.

  • Saturday, June 25, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm – Bark Ecology and ID: Get to Know Your Trees

    Identifying tree species can be challenging when the traits typically used to describe them—leaves, buds, and twigs—are not clearly visible or, in the case of leaves, not even present. Join Michael Wojtech on Saturday, June 25, from 9 – 1 in the Hunnewell Building at the Arnold Arboretum in Jamaica Plain for an exploration of bark, the tree characteristic that is always visible in every season. A copy of his new book, Bark: A Field Guide to Trees of the Northeast, is included with the class fee. You will learn how to differentiate six different bark types, how to use the book’s identification keys, and begin to discover why such a variety of bark characteristics has evolved—Why do some species have smooth bark, while on others it is thick and broken? Why does bark peel? After a classroom session we will practice identifying native tree species on the grounds of the Arboretum. Open to naturalists at all levels of experience.  $55 Arnold Arboretum members, $70 for nonmembers.  To register, visit http://my.arboretum.harvard.edu/Info.aspx?DayPlanner=1026&DayPlannerDate=6/25/2011.