Fall Plant ID Class Syllabus

L.A. County Arboretum and Botanic Garden Plant Identification Class Syllabus

Fall 2013 Session. Five Fridays, October 4,11,18,25 and November 1st from 2-4pm in the Bamboo Room (Except Nov. 1st at a location TBA).

Instructor: Frank McDonough -Arboretum Botanical Information Consultant

Phone: (626) 821-3236

Email: Arboretum e-mail, Gee maighle

Office Hours: 9-5 Tuesday-Saturday.

Additional lesson material will be available at: http://laarboretumplantid.blogspot.com/

I will be posting photo albums of plants to be covered during the next class up to the day before class. These pictures will have GPS coordinates so you can view the map to them by clicking on the properties bar in the description that can be seen to the right of the photo when viewing the photos individually.

Plant families in bold indicate plant families or orders we will study specimens of.  

This fall session will be field oriented, at least half the class-time will be out on the Arboretum grounds learning field techniques for identifying plants (we’ll be using those jeweler’s loupes!) Plant families and/or orders covered will be determined by availability of plants that are flowering or have sufficient characteristics to facilitate identification.

Also, if you have a family or plant group you would like to cover please bring it up to me and we will try to cover it.

Session 1:

Class Introduction

Order Coniferales

Session 2

TBA

Session 3:

TBA

Session 4:

TBA

Session 5:

TBA

Required: Jewelers loupe 10-20X

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