Where: TBA (northern Lake & Porter County near Hobart and Chesterton, IN)

Date: June 17-19, 2025

Instructor: Nathanael J. Pilla (Midwest Biological Survey, LLC.) 

Cost: $650 per participant (limited to 20)

          $575 early registration ends April 25. 2025 (lunch included w/ registration)

This plant identification workshop will be based in Northwest Indiana with a focus on plants that occur within wetlands and wetland adjacent systems. We will visit various wetland and upland habitats, including bottomlands, emergent marsh, swamp forest, mesic prairie, planted prairie, and early successional systems.

Through this workshop, some of the topics you will learn include:

-     the anatomy and terminology of difficult families such as grasses, asters, and sedges

-     distinguishing between species and genera of wetland flora

-     wetland indicators and their ecological significance 

-     how to use a dichotomous key in figuring out what genus/species you have

-     ecological importance of wetlands and their associated uplands

What to Bring:

-           Notebook and Pencil

-           Camera (phone or digital)

-           Loupe (10x)

-           Your favorite Midwest flora book