Native Flora in Winter


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In class and in forays around the Garden, you'll learn to recognize the winter characteristics of native and common woody plants by bud types, leaf scars, fruit remnants, and other distinguishing marks.

Required Textbooks:
Core and Ammons, Woody Plants in Winter, The Boxwood Press, Pacific Grove, Cal. 1958
Levine, Carol, A Guide to The Identification of Wildflowers in Winter, Yale University Press, 1995

Recommended Textbooks:
Watts and Watts, Winter Tree Finder, Nature Study Guild, 1970
Harlow, William, Fruit Key and Twig Key to Trees and Shrubs. Dover Publications,1946 Brown, Lauren, Weeds in Winter



Prerequisite(s):
Basic Plant ID

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