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Connecticut Winter Shrub Identification Laboratory
Thursday, January 19, 2017
[SNOW DATE: Friday, January 20] 
A workshop led by Bill Moorhead
9:00 AM – 3:00 PM

 This workshop is full and closed to to additional participants.
Look for upcoming workshops later this winter & spring.
This pithy indoor workshop covers the basics of winter identification of woody plants and specifics of identification of a large portion of the ~293 shrub species that occur outside of cultivation in Connecticut.
After a brief lecture, we will learn identification characters through hands-on examination of fresh and pressed specimens and review of images.
We will cover the most commonly encountered species, important non-native species (including recognized and suspected invasives), important wetland indicator species, critical habitat indicator and other uncommon and rare species.
Participants should bring, at minimum, their lunch (there is a microwave oven and refrigerator available) and a notebook and writing implements. Dissecting scopes and illuminators are provided, but if you have your own favorite equipment, feel free to bring it.  If you have a 10× or stronger loupe, please bring it.    

Location: Aton Forest Headquarters, 270 North Colebrook Rd., Norfolk, CT 06058.
Tuition: $75 - we accept check by mail (PO Box 509 Norfolk, CT 06058) or card via PayPal (http://atonforest.org);beverages provided.
Workshops limited to 15 participants. Registration and payment required in advance.

For more information/registration please contact instructor at whmoorhead@optonline.net (860-543-1786) or Aton Forest at contact@atonforest.org (860) 542-5125
Note: If a session is canceled by us for any reason, tuition payments will be refunded in full, by mail or through PayPal.  Tuition will not be refunded if a registered participant cancels less than 2 weeks before the workshop.














BILL MOORHEAD is an independent consulting field botanist based in western Connecticut. He has specialized for 27 years in the search for populations of rare plants and their habitats, and the study of plant communities and the factors determining their species composition and distribution.