Field Course

Deadline for registration - MAY 13th!

Field Botany Course, or How to Become a Good Botanist

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This course will teach you the basic skills of botany. It consists of a mix of lectures and hands-on activities. We will start with an historical overview of modern taxonomy that includes information on plant classification, how to collect plants and how to describe new species. The course will have practical modules on 1) plant collecting, pressing, drying and voucher preparation, 2) making identification keys, 3) botanical drawing, 4) macro-photography, and 5) identification of collected plant material. Outdoor teaching and plant collecting will use the gardens and protected forests of the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG).