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Botany: Intro Classes & Workshops
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Basic Plant IDThis is the class for plant-lovers eager to up their game! Learn the terminology and basic botanical nomenclature that will help you recognize and describe key differences in common plants. | |||||
| 262BOT308FO | 12/02 | Tu | 6:00pm-8:00pm | Sparreo | ONLINE | |
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Nature's PharmacyDiscover the many herbs and spices prized for centuries to heal, to revitalize the immune system, and to treat and prevent asthma, insomnia, flu, and more. | |||||
| 263BOT346AO | 01/03 | Sa | 11:00am-1:00pm | Candee | ONLINE | |
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The Science of Tree CommunicationDiscover how trees communicate via chemical signals in the air (to warn of insect attacks) and transfer nutrients to one another through complex underground fungal networks (sometimes to assist sick trees). | |||||
| 263BOT385AO | 01/08 | Th | 6:00pm-8:00pm | Herrera | ONLINE | |
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Basic Plant IDThis is the class for plant-lovers eager to up their game! Learn the terminology and basic botanical nomenclature that will help you recognize and describe key differences in common plants. | |||||
| 263BOT308CO | 01/15 | Th | 5:30pm-7:30pm | Bucuvalas | ONLINE | |
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Native Flora in WinterIn 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. | |||||
| 263BOT332 | 01/15 | Th | 10:00am-1:00pm | Slowik | NYBG | |
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Botanical LatinBotanical Latin is essential for anyone with a serious interest in identifying plants. But, contrary to popular belief, mastering Latin plant names need not be intimidating or boring. Review the rules of taxonomy, Latin grammar, and pronunciation, and learn the more... | |||||
| 263GAR360BO | 01/15 | Th | 6:00pm-8:00pm | Bakshi | ONLINE | |
February
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Plant StructureGet a solid grounding in the basic plant body-from the cell to the roots, stems, leaves, flowers, and fruit. We'll use dissecting and compound light microscopes to observe plant anatomy, then introduce the base-level chemistry required to understand the world more... | |||||
| 263BOT315C | 02/02 | Mo | 11:00am-2:00pm | Zumajo | NYBG | |
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Basic Plant IDThis is the class for plant-lovers eager to up their game! Learn the terminology and basic botanical nomenclature that will help you recognize and describe key differences in common plants. | |||||
| 263BOT308DO | 02/12 | Th | 5:30pm-7:30pm | Holmes | ONLINE | |
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The Hidden World of LichensAmong Earth's most amazing and oldest living organisms, lichens grow on bark, rock, and barren soil. They thrive in rain forests, deserts, the arctic-even environments simulating Mars! Lichens are sensitive environmental indicators, yet scientists are only just beginning to understand more... | |||||
| 263BOT313 | 02/12 | Th | 10:00am-1:00pm | Howland | NYBG | |
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Plant StructureGet a solid grounding in the basic plant body-from the cell to the roots, stems, leaves, flowers, and fruit. We'll use dissecting and compound light microscopes to observe plant anatomy, then introduce the base-level chemistry required to understand the world more... | |||||
| 263BOT315DO | 03/01 | Su | 10:00am-1:00pm | Bijkerk | ONLINE | |
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The Science of Tree CommunicationDiscover how trees communicate via chemical signals in the air (to warn of insect attacks) and transfer nutrients to one another through complex underground fungal networks (sometimes to assist sick trees). | |||||
| 263BOT385BO | 03/05 | Th | 6:00pm-8:00pm | Herrera | ONLINE | |
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Nature's PharmacyDiscover the many herbs and spices prized for centuries to heal, to revitalize the immune system, and to treat and prevent asthma, insomnia, flu, and more. | |||||
| 263BOT346BO | 03/07 | Sa | 11:00am-1:00pm | Candee | ONLINE | |
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Basic Plant IDThis is the class for plant-lovers eager to up their game! Learn the terminology and basic botanical nomenclature that will help you recognize and describe key differences in common plants. | |||||
| 263BOT308EO | 03/13 | Fr | 11:00am-1:00pm | Bucuvalas | ONLINE | |
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Mycoremediation: Can Fungi Help Heal the Planet?Discover how fungi are being used to degrade pollutants and clean up the environment by filtering water, removing heavy metals from soil, remediating microbes, and breaking down plastics. Mycologist John Michelotti will discuss current mycoremediation efforts around the world—including his more... | |||||
| 263BOT298O | 03/24 | Tu | 11:00am-1:00pm | Michelotti | ONLINE | |
