class ally survey 03

FERN-ALLIES: The Other Pteridophytes

Sponsor
New England Wild Flower Society BOT3440

Date
Saturday July 19, 2003
Field Day Sunday July 20
Time: Noon - 4:00

Location
Garden in the Woods, Education Building DIRECTIONS

Bring
lens snack

Description

Ferns are the most popular of the pteridophytes (larger sporebearing plants). They are more readily recognized, more studied, and more prevalent in the Garden in the Woods beds. We have taught a survey course of Massachusetts ferns for five years.

This class will instead discuss the club-mosses (and fir-mosses), horsetails, selaginella, and even mention isoetes. These plants, whose ancestors grew with tree ferns in ancient forests to lay down the coal beds, are common (and commonly overlooked) members of our natural communities in forests and fields.

We will have classroom lecture and exhibits on Saturday and a field trip on Sunday.

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Sponsor	New England Wild Flower Society		BOT3440
Date	Saturday July 19, 2003 Field Day Sunday July 20	Time: Noon - 4:00
Location	Garden in the Woods, Education Building		DIRECTIONS
Bring	lens	snack

Description	Ferns are the most popular of the pteridophytes (larger sporebearing plants). They are more readily recognized, more studied, and more prevalent in the Garden in the Woods beds. We have taught a survey course of Massachusetts ferns for five years. This class will instead discuss the club-mosses (and fir-mosses), horsetails, selaginella, and even mention isoetes. These plants, whose ancestors grew with tree ferns in ancient forests to lay down the coal beds, are common (and commonly overlooked) members of our natural communities in forests and fields. We will have classroom lecture and exhibits on Saturday and a field trip on Sunday.

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