FOH Workshop: Willow identification, June 22
There are still several seats available in following workshop from Friends of the Chico State Herbarium:
INTRODUCTION TO THE WILLOWS OF CALIFORNIA (SALICACEAE)
Led by John Bair
June 22, 2013, Saturday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
from Friends of the Chico State Herbarium
For details and a registration form, please go to:
www.csuchico.edu/biol/Herb/Events.html
"How often do you meet a willow in field and have to assign "Salix sp." in your surveys? Cottonwoods and willows are the most common riparian hardwood species in California and yet many of us have little idea of how to tell them apart. Our trouble in making a positive identification is further compounded by only having vegetative material to identify during field visits when we think we need flowers to make a positive identification. The workshop will focus on the leaf, stem, and other growth characteristics that are useful in making identification while also emphasizing the regional distributions of the different species. The goal of the workshop is to instill confidence about vegetative characteristics used in the identification keys in The Jepson Manual (2nd edition)."
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