Identifying Woodland Plants

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Identifying woodland plants is a course for botanists wishing to further their skills in woodland plant identification, concentrating not just on trees and the more colourful woodland herbs, but also on the traditionally difficult groups such as woodland grasses, sedges and ferns. There will also be an introduction to mosses and liverworts, as this group often forms a very important component of some woodland types. We will visit typical base-rich, species-rich lowland woodlands, sessile oak woods with a distinct 'upland' feel to them, wet alder woodlands, a range of scrub communities and secondary woodland. Please note that this is in effect a 'Level 2' walking course, requiring a moderate level of fitness.

Nick Law is an ecologist at Derbyshire Wildlife Trust. Sarah Whild is a lecturer in Plant Ecology in the School of Biosciences at the University of Birmingham, where she is also Director of the Biological Recording programmes run jointly with the FSC. She is the BSBI's County Recorder for Shropshire.

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