Lysimachia terrestris,
Elaine Haug @ USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database |
Wetlands Plant Workshop
2010
Botanist Janet Marr taught GLC’s 2010 Wetlands Plant Workshop, Keweenaw Peninsula, on Saturday, August 21th and Sunday, August 22nd. There were thirteen participants, five from the Lower Peninsula.
Meghan Kline, from the Kalamazoo Nature Center, received a Janet Avery Scholarship to attend.
| Dry-feet plants |
Damp to wet-feet plants |
blue-bead lily (Clintonia borealis)
big-leaf aster (Aster macrophyllus)
wild sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis)
starflower (Trientalis borealis)
pink ladyslipper (Cypripedium acaule)
sugar maple (Acer saccharum)
pin cherry (Prunus virginiana)
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water-horehound (Lycopus uniflorus)
turtlehead (Chelone glabra)
swamp candles (Lysimachia terrestris)
bluejoint (Calamagrostis canadensis)
tussock sedge (Carex stricta)
tamarack (Larix laricina)
winterberry (Ilex verticillata) |
WORKSHOP ACTIVITIES: Workshop activities took place mostly out-of-doors. Participants visited local wetlands including swamp forests, shrub thickets, and more open community types such as marshes and fens. Native plants and selected non-native invasive species were identified. Characteristics of selected plant families were discussed, botanical terms were defined, dichotomous keys were used when appropriate, and wetland community types were described. This workshop was designed for college students, teachers, extension agents, environmental consultants, biological technicians, and others interested in learning how to identify wetland plants including invasive wetland species.
Janet plans to teach a workshop in 2011. (Specific theme not yet decided. Watch for update on GLC news.)
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