Course: Identifying Sedges and their Allies

This 1 day beginner to intermediate course provides an introduction to the identification of the common Sedges and their Allies Cyperaceae, for those with little or no experience of this group.

Sedges and their allies occupy a wide range of ecological niches and can be extremely useful botanical indicators, telling you much about the habitats present at a site (e.g. moisture, pH, nutrients and salinity).

This course will cover:

• Plant structures, identification techniques, and use of keys
• The habitats individual sedge species occur in.
• Use of microscopes in the classroom will back up those characters that we may see in the field using hand lenses.

By the end of the course you will be able to:

• Understand the floral and vegetative characters that comprise the Cyperaceae.
• Recognise the major characters of the Genus Carex, as well as many species and the characters that define them.
• Utilise botanical keys to identify a range of species.

This course is eligible for a student discount. If you are a current student, please use the discount code BioStudent20 at checkout for 20% off.

Please refer to the Field Studies Council website for further information and to book.