Using a Flora

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The love of wild flowers can be manifest in many ways, but almost always underlying that special sense of joy, excitement, familiarity and understanding is the ability to give the flower its name. The name is also, of course, the key to finding out more about it and for sharing information with others should you wish to do so.

This is a very practical course of particular interest to amateur and professional botanists and ecologists who wish to gain more experience and confidence in plant recognition, using a flora as a means of identifying and getting to know more about our wonderful yet dwindling heritage of wild flowers.

Participants will be led gently through the mysteries of botanical keys, so that you can arrive at a correct identification and understand the beautiful and complex structures that make up the whole plant.

This is an accredited course linked to the University of Birmingham Certificate in Biological Recording and Species Identification ('full 10 credits'). Towards the end of the course you may therefore have your learning assessed for accreditation, if you wish.

The content is also appropriate for anyone wishing to contribute to their Continuing Professional Development (CPD) requirements.

Ros Bennett is a freelance botanist with a wealth of experience at many FSC Centres. She has a practical and participative approach and is enthusiastic about all aspects of botany.

‘Excellent, professional tutor. Attentive and helpful’. Course participant May 2011

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