Bog-Fen Carex of the Upper Midwest
Online/Virtual
Speaker: Linda Curtis -?botanist, photographer, and?author of Bog-Fen Carex of the Upper Midwest and?Woodland Carex of the Upper Midwest?
After nine years of writing and research, Linda Curtis will show us the fruits, or rather the perigynia, of her endeavors. Carex, a vast genes of grassy plants commonly known as sedges, are all around us along roadsides, woods, prairies and wetlands. Carex appear grass-like at first glance, but a closer look reveals an artistry of design of the perigyni?or seed sacs, and their arrangement in spikes in seed heads. Too complicated? Not at all with the never-seen-before images Linda will show us and clues on how to identify them. A sequel to Woodland Carex, Bog-Fen Carex has different species with different designs, including amazing mini-structures of the leaves attachment to their culms (stems).
<-- A spike portion of Buxbaum's sedge (Carex buxbaumii)
Families welcome, no fee, no registration required