Identification of Grasses, Sedges and Rushes
- Centre: Epping Forest
- Tutor: Ken Adams
- Date s : Saturday 09 June to Sunday 10 June
- Level: Advanced
- Age Range: adult
- This course is part of our Professional Development programme.
- Non-Resident: £98
No need to ignore grasses, sedges and rushes any more! This course caters for both the absolute beginner bewildered by their strange structure and those needing to master identification of grasses, sedges and rushes for surveying. You will learn how to use illustrated keys and synopses for identification (written by the tutor and supplied at an extra cost of 2) using the wide range of habitats in Epping Forest and the Roding Valley. In addition to the keys provided the following book is recommended: Grasses of the British Isles by Cope, Gray and Tebbs. BSBI Handbook No.13. 2009.
This course runs from 09.30 to 17.00 on both days and includes lunch at a local public house.
Transport is required to field sites.
Ken Adams is BSBI and Essex Field Club: Higher Plant, Fern and Bryophyte recorder for Essex. He co-authored the second Flora of Essex (1974) and is working on a third Flora of the county.
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