Wednesday, June 29 - August 31, 2022
5:30 PM - 7:30 PMRiverside Park
Event Description(For adults) Join the UEC Forester, Caitlin Reinartz, and learn to identify native (and a few non-native) trees in the summer months. Dress for the weather. At the end of this 10-session course you will know most of the trees native to southeast Wisconsin! Price is for all 10 sessions. Participants should be prepared to stand and walk over varying terrain for most of each two-hour session.
Week 1: Basics of identifying trees using leaves
Week 2: The Oaks
Week 3: The Maples & Ashes
Week 4: The Elms & Birch Families
Week 5: Walnuts, Hickories, Beech, & Sycamore
Week 6: The Rose Family, The Aspens/Poplars
Week 7: Basswood, Hackberry, Witch Hazel, The Legume Family
Week 8: Common Non-Native Trees
Week 9: Conifers
Week 10: Conifers
For questions about this program, please contact Caitlin at creinartz@urbanecologycenter.org.
Registration is required for this series.
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