2018 Sedge Identification Workshop Photos

The 2018 Sedge Identification Workshop was held on June 2 & June 3, at Giant City State Park & Rothrock’s prairie in Southern Illinois

Participants learned how to identify over 20 species of common sedges native in the southern Illinois region.

Carex torta

The instructor was Justin Thomas of the Institute for Botanical Training.

Justin Thomas is an eminent botanist from Missouri who is regarded by some as the modern day Merrit Lyndon Fernald.  He is the co-founder and Science Director of NatureCITE (a non-academic, non-profit organization) where he researches, teaches and writes about the interrelatedness of evolution and ecology. His twenty years of field-based experience have afforded him first-hand insights into natural processes that often challenge conventions.  An expert in the complicated grass genus Dichanthelium, Justin is also an accomplished connoisseur of sedges.

Some photos from the workshop: