Learn to identify and describe 20-25 native and introduced spring-flowering species in the mustard family, in addition to their habitat preferences, including spring fields, woods, and wetlands, and New England distributions. Explore how to distinguish these early spring-blooming species from one another as you engage in an interactive presentation, study herbarium specimens, and look for examples of these species during a walk in the neighborhood near Garden in the Woods.
Elective Credit Hours: 2.0
Reliable transporation to and from Garden in the Woods
Weather-appropriate attire
Botanist and author of Wildflowers of New England
Learn how names allow us to trace plant origins and characteristics and inform how botanists and gardeners engage with plants, and why the words we choose change what we notice in the landscape.
