2/8, noon-1:30pm: Tree ID is important to finding herbs and mushrooms, as well as the trees themselves. If you can only ID trees with their leaves on, you can't scout during the winter. But if you can ID them without their leaves, you can scout all year round. To ID trees in the winter, you need to look at characteristics other than their leaves. In this class we will look closely at several different trees and shrubs and discuss how to identify them based on characteristics such as bark, branching pattern, and winter buds.

2/8, 1:30-3:00pm: The Non-Woody Plant ID class will focus on identifying herbaceous plants. There are several plants (many of them edible) that remain green all winter, even under the snow. So we will spend some time talking about those. But we will also spend time learning to ID dead plants. Why? Because the "skeletons" of dead herbaceous plants can tell you where to look for roots and where you should look for things during the growing season. You would be surprised at how much you can ID in the winter.

These classes are outdoors. Dress for the weather.