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Urban Naturalist Certificate Classes
The NYBG Urban Naturalist Certificate Program equips you with the observation, identification, and documentation skills you need to become an effective environmental steward. Using NYBG grounds and select New York City Parks, you will learn to keenly observe the natural world, create scientifically useful records of your observations, and investigate the interrelationships between species. NYBG Urban Naturalists work as environmental educators, help manage invasive species in local parks, and volunteer with our EcoFlora project to help document NYC plant species.
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Urban Flora: Growing Between the Cracks - ONLINEThis class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.Urban flora can be found growing in unlikely places, from city sidewalks and highway medians to lawns, and other man-made structures. Most of these plants are more... | |||||
| 222NAT332O | 10/22 | Fr | 10:00am-12:00pm | Slowik | ONLINE | |
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Botanical Latin - ONLINEThis class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.Botanical 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 more... | |||||
| 222GAR360AO | 10/23 | Sa | 10:30am-12:30pm | Bakshi | ONLINE | |
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Plant Structure- ONLINEThis class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.Get a solid grounding in the basic plant body, from the cell to the roots, stems, leaves, flowers, and fruits. We will discuss the base-level chemistry more... | |||||
| 222BOT315AO | 10/25 | Mo | 5:00pm-8:00pm | Boyer, Ph.D. | ONLINE | |
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Forest Ecology - BLENDEDThis blended class meets online for some sessions and on NYBG grounds for others. Registered students will receive login instructions and a syllabus with specifics.Explore the basic principles that influence the ecological relationships of the forest more... | |||||
| 222BOT326BL | 10/30 | Sa | 10:00am-2:00pm | Gaige | BLENDED | |
November
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Basic Plant ID - ONLINEThis class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.Are you a plant-lover eager to up your game and start distinguishing one species from another? Then this is the class for you! Using commonly known more... | |||||
| 222BOT308BO | 11/02 | Tu | 5:30pm-7:30pm | Holmes | ONLINE | |
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Nature's Pharmacy - ONLINEThis class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.For centuries herbs and spices have been prized not just for their flavors, but as state-of-the-art medicine. Learn about a variety of plants historically used for more... | |||||
| 222BOT346AO | 11/06 | Sa | 10:00am-12:00pm | Candee | ONLINE | |
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Introduction to Urban Ecology - ONLINEThis class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.Discover how urbanization is changing biodiversity, interspecies relationships, and even animal behavior, in the tri-state area and beyond. Liz Johnson, former manager of AMNH's Metropolitan more... | |||||
| 222NAT338AO | 11/08 | Mo | 6:00pm-8:00pm | Johnson | ONLINE | |
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The Fight to Save Our Hemlocks - ONLINEThis lecture will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.Once the third-most common tree in New York, native hemlocks have been dying at an alarming rate due to the infestation of the hemlock woolly more... | |||||
| 222NAT327 | 11/18 | Th | 6:00pm-7:30pm | Gabel | ONLINE | |
December
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The Science of Tree Communication - ONLINEThis class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.Trees may appear to be strong and silent, but they can "talk"—to one another, to other plants, and to animals and insects. Discover how trees more... | |||||
| 222BOT385AO | 12/07 | Tu | 6:00pm-8:00pm | Kutos | ONLINE | |
January
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Botanical Latin - ONLINEThis class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.Botanical 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 more... | |||||
| 223GAR360BO | 01/06 | Th | 10:30am-12:30pm | Bakshi | ONLINE | |
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Native Flora in WinterLearn to recognize the characteristics of native and common woody and herbaceous plants in the winter. While in their dormant, leafless state, trees and shrubs can beidentified by bud types, leaf scars, fruit remnants, and other distinguishing marks. Specimens examined more... | |||||
| 223BOT332 | 01/14 | Fr | 10:00am-1:00pm | Slowik | NYBG | |
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Basic Plant ID - ONLINEThis class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.Are you a plant-lover eager to up your game and start distinguishing one species from another? Then this is the class for you! Using commonly known more... | |||||
| 223BOT308CO | 01/20 | Th | 5:30pm-7:30pm | Holmes | ONLINE | |
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The Science of Tree Communication - ONLINEThis class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.Trees may appear to be strong and silent, but they can "talk"—to one another, to other plants, and to animals and insects. Discover how trees more... | |||||
| 223BOT385BO | 01/23 | Su | 10:00am-12:00pm | Herrera | ONLINE | |
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Plant Structure- ONLINEThis class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.Get a solid grounding in the basic plant body, from the cell to the roots, stems, leaves, flowers, and fruits. We will discuss the base-level chemistry more... | |||||
| 223BOT315BO | 01/24 | Mo | 6:00pm-9:00pm | Alim | ONLINE | |
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Winter MushroomsEven after many plants have begun their long winter's sleep, fungi are still very active. For some species like Velvet Foot and Turkey Tail, winter is high time! Enoki and Oyster Mushrooms can be found in our forests and parks. more... | |||||
| 223BOT394 | 01/28 | Fr | 10:00am-1:00pm | Sadowski | NYBG | |
February
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Nature's Pharmacy - ONLINEThis class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.For centuries herbs and spices have been prized not just for their flavors, but as state-of-the-art medicine. Learn about a variety of plants historically used for more... | |||||
| 223BOT346BO | 02/05 | Sa | 10:00am-12:00pm | Candee | ONLINE | |
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Basic Plant ID - ONLINEThis class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.Are you a plant-lover eager to up your game and start distinguishing one species from another? Then this is the class for you! Using commonly known more... | |||||
| 223BOT308DO | 02/08 | Tu | 5:30pm-7:30pm | Holmes | ONLINE | |
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Urban Mammals - ONLINEThis class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.Coyotes, bears, and deer are becoming an integral part of urban life due to the extirpation of their predators and conversion of natural habitats. We will more... | |||||
| 223NAT326O | 02/09 | We | 6:00pm-8:00pm | Herrera | ONLINE | |
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The Hidden World of LichensRock pimples, fog fingers, old man's beard— their common names are amusing, but lichens are among Earth's most amazing and oldest living things, and display incredibly beautiful colors and shapes. They grow on bark, rock, and barren soil, and thrive more... | |||||
| 223BOT313B | 02/10 | Th | 10:00am-1:00pm | Lendemer, Ph.D. | NYBG | |
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Plant Structure- ONLINEThis class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.Get a solid grounding in the basic plant body, from the cell to the roots, stems, leaves, flowers, and fruits. We will discuss the base-level chemistry more... | |||||
| 223BOT315CO | 02/22 | Tu | 6:00pm-9:00pm | Kutos | ONLINE | |
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Introduction to Urban Ecology - ONLINEThis class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.Discover how urbanization is changing biodiversity, interspecies relationships, and even animal behavior, in the tri-state area and beyond. Liz Johnson, former manager of AMNH's Metropolitan more... | |||||
| 223NAT338BO | 02/24 | Th | 10:00am-12:00pm | Johnson | ONLINE | |
March
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The Science of Tree Communication - ONLINEThis class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.Trees may appear to be strong and silent, but they can "talk"—to one another, to other plants, and to animals and insects. Discover how trees more... | |||||
| 223BOT385CO | 03/03 | Th | 6:00pm-8:00pm | Kutos | ONLINE | |
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Botanical Latin - ONLINEThis class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.Botanical 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 more... | |||||
| 223GAR360CO | 03/07 | Mo | 6:15pm-8:15pm | Bakshi | ONLINE | |
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Basic Plant ID - ONLINEThis class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.Are you a plant-lover eager to up your game and start distinguishing one species from another? Then this is the class for you! Using commonly known more... | |||||
| 223BOT308EO | 03/08 | Tu | 5:30pm-7:30pm | Holmes | ONLINE | |
