Fall Botany 2024 (In-Person)
Fall (4-8 hours) | This course is completed
Fall is a great time to discover plants. Trees and shrubs show their true colors. Late wildflowers are at their peak. Nuts and berries abound. Grasses spread their seeds. Ferns are offering much more than fronds. We will begin by identifying the late-season characteristics of familiar trees, shrubs, and “weeds” using the growing season’s fruits, leaves, and remnants. We’ll also look out for fall wildflowers, especially goldenrods and asters. Each class will be a field trip close to Hanover. We will explore local natural areas from the end of August to early October, meeting every other week for leisurely walks through fields, forests, and wetlands.
This course will involve field trips and exploring nature.
- Class meets every other week
- 8/20
- 9/3
- 9/17
- 10/1
- Optional Book:
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide - Lawrence Newcomb (ISBN-13: 978-0316604420)
Alice Schori
Alice (graduate of Oberlin College) is a field botanist who studied native plants through the New England Wild Flower Society starting in the mid-1990s. She has performed botanical surveys for conservation organizations and the Towns of Hanover and Lyme, and spent nine summers doing similar work for the White Mountain National Forest. Lynnwood Andrews is a retired clinical child psychologist who has taken botany and plant identification classes through Osher, and at the Native Plant Trust. She has volunteered for several environmental and conservation groups focused on plants.
Lynnwood Andrews
Lynnwood Andrews is a retired clinical child psychologist who has taken botany and plant identification classes through Osher, and at the Native Plant Trust. She has volunteered for several environmental and conservation groups focused on plants.