Plant Identification Workshop 6 April 2022
On 6 April 2022 Jesse Bythell and myself held a Plant ID workshop for first year SIT Environmental Management students. Seven students accompanied by tutor Mark Oster braved a cold weather day to learn about the NZ native flora.
The course is adapted from the two day NZPCN course https://www.nzpcn.org.nz/conservation/training/module-1-plant-life/ but is very specific to Southland using Southland plant examples and plant id card resources created by the Community Nursery - https://www.southlandcommunitynursery.org.nz/site/assets/files/1096/southland_plant_id_-_scn_2015_plant_course.pdf
The course content went through the following topics “Why New Zealand Plants”, “Plant Names”, “where plants grow and why”, “Plant communities”, “Life cycle and growth form”, “flowers”, “spores seeds and fruit”, “leaves”, “stems and bark”, “roots” and “plant identification”. The workshop was a combination of slides, exercises and bush walks but due to the weather probably a bit more time inside than we would have liked.
Thanks to Jesse for her abounding enthusiasm and energy and to students for their interest and enthusiasm to learn about our unique flora.
Chris
Posted: 13 April 2022