MNPS Field Trip: Sedge (Carex) Identification Workshop (Saturday)

There are 178 species of sedges (Carex spp.) in Maryland and over 480 species in North America, making it the single largest plant genus on the continent! This workshop will be a hands-on botanical exploration of Carex at the Adkins Arboretum. Associated with this workshop, we will hold a virtual presentation previously (date TBD) to go over basic botanical terminology, this virtual session will be optional for workshop participants. During the workshop, botanical terminology will be spoken, researched, learned and discussed. Previous reading and studying of Carex morphology terminology is highly encouraged. For more experienced participants or people that would like to dive deeper in the botany of Carex, we recommend purchasing applications like Flora of Virginia or  FloraQuest (for our region). This workshop will be led by botanist and environmental scientist Sean Sipple.

Leaders: Jorge Bogantes Montero jmontero@anacostiaws.org(202)560-6107 and Sean Sipple (seans@cri.biz)

Sean is a Senior Environmental Scientist with over 23 years of experience. He co-leads the Natural Resources Department and oversees CRI’s water quality and biomonitoring studies in non-tidal and tidal habitats, with broad expertise in natural resources disciplines such as rare, threatened, and endangered species and habitat surveys, waters of the U.S. (including wetlands) delineations, and mitigation monitoring.  Sean conducts, reviews, and assembles complex natural resource studies related to residential, commercial, transportation, and utility projects, both private and public. He holds numerous accredited certifications, including Senior Professional Wetland Scientist, Professional Wetland Delineator, Benthic Macroinvertebrate Taxonomy, Fish Taxonomy, Fish Crew Leader, Qualified Bog Turtle Surveyor, and Small Whorled Pogonia.  He is well-recognized for his technical expertise and regularly provides professional training to natural resource professionals in the region in wetland delineation, plant identification, and other technical disciplines.

Location: Adkins Arboretum.

Notes: It is recommended that you attend the Zoom session (date TBD) that we will offer on Carex botanical terminology or that you practice ID/become familiar with keys (with the apps recommended) and terminology before the event.

Optional but recommended resources: floraquest app (you have to purchase it and make sure you purchase the one for the northern tier which covers our region): https://ncbg.unc.edu/research/unc-herbarium/flora-apps/ or Flora of Virginia (you have to purchase it) https://floraofvirginia.org/flora-app

For additional information: Jorge Bogantes Montero jmontero@anacostiaws.org (202)560-6107 and Sean Sipple (seans@cri.biz)

ONLINE REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. Limited to 25 people. Registration through May 16 for members only.  Directions will be included in registration confirmation.

Bring water bottle, insect/tick repellent, sunscreen. Outdoor clothes, closed-toe shoes, and rain gear depending on weather forecast.

Cancellation Policy:  Event will proceed in drizzle, but will be canceled if heavy rain or thunderstorm

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