This beginner-intermediate course will help you demystify identifying grasses, sedges and rushes! These are not the easiest plants to learn by yourself, so a weekend focusing on these in the presence of an expert tutor will help you expand this important botanical skill.
Knowledge of grasses, sedges and rushes can help you to identify what national vegetation type you are standing in. During this course you will have the opportunity to visit a variety of habitats, including acid grassland/heathland, neutral grassland, basic flushes and woodland. You will dissect plants to observe flower parts and vegetative features, whilst also being introduced to using a variety of keys.
Bookings will close if course capacity is reached.
Please email [email protected] if you have any questions.
Tutor: Judith Allinson
Judith Allinson is a former member of FSC staff and co-author of the AIDGAP Key to the Vegetative Stages of Grasses. She spent several years carrying out botanical surveys for English Nature. She has run the Grass Identification in Spring course at Juniper Hall for a number of years and has also taught grass identification courses at Kindrogan, Nettlecombe Court and Malham Tarn Field Centres.
What's Included
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Expert Tuition
Bursaries and Subsidies
Student Discount
This course is eligible for a student discount. If you are a current student, please use discount code BioStudent20 at checkout for 20% off all Biodiversity courses.
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