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Friday, April 25, 2025—Friday, August 15, 2025
Plant Families
In this online, self-paced foundational course, you will learn how to recognize characteristic patterns among twelve flowering plant families in New England such as buttercups (Ranunculeae), mints (Lamiaceae), mustards (Brassicaceae), orchids (Orchidaceae), grasses (Poaceae), and asters (Asteraceae). You will be introduced to concepts and tools to identify plants quickly and accurately in the field, basic botanical terms for describing plants, methods of classification, and techniques for field and microscopic observations and dissections. This course includes both outdoor and indoor hands-on assignments. Because our learning will follow the bloom times of plants, assignments are time-sensitive. There is a forum for peer discussion, and your learning is guided by an instructor who will review your assignments and answer your questions. Thomas Elpel’s Botany in a Day is the required companion text.
Please note: Please note: Registration closes Friday, June 20, 2025 at 5 PM OR when all spaces are filled, whichever comes first.
| Date/time details | Course access from Friday, April 25, 2025, 10 AM, through Friday, August 15, 2025, 5 PM |
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| Location | Online, self-paced |
| Fee | $235 |
| Instructor | Neela de Zoysa |
| Certificate | Basic Certificate Core |