| West Virginia Master Naturalist Class Description
| Title: |
WILDFLOWERS AND WEEDS |
| Objectives: |
Explore the classification, diversity, and ecology of the wildflowers.
Learn techniques for collection and study. |
| Class type: |
Core curriculum |
| Time: |
4 hours |
| Optimal season: |
Spring, summer, fall |
| Materials: |
Hand lens, field guides, digging tool, plastic bags, plant press. |
| Expected outcomes: |
The student will gain a basic understanding of
- the major groups and important families of flowering plants.
- basic terms for describing flowering plants.
- how to collect and preserve plants.
- identifying flowering plants using field guides and keys.
- approaches to further study, including helpful references and
organizations.
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West Virginia Master Naturalist Class Outline
| Title: |
WILDFLOWERS AND WEEDS |
| Time: |
4 hours |
- Broad classification of herbaceous flowering plants
- Monocots some major families
- Grasses
- Sedges
- Lilies
- Orchids
- Dicots some major families
- Composites
- Rose family
- Mints
- Mustards
- Parsley family
- Form and function
- Underground parts
- Stems
- Leaves
- Flowers and reproduction
- Fruits and seeds
- Ecology
- Mycorrhizae
- Nitrogen fixing
- Parasitic plants
- Carnivorous plants
- Weeds
- Useful (to humans) wild plants
- Food
- Medicine
- Cordage, basketry, etc.
- How to collect and preserve green plants
- A complete specimen
- Adequate collection data: location, date, collector, habitat
- Pressing and drying
- Maintaining your collection
- How to learn more
- Books
- West Virginia Native Plant Society and other organizations
- Suggestions for study
- Creating checklists
- Phenology: flowering and fruiting dates
- Pollination and pollinators
- Habitats and associates
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