Beginner's Botany (ERCCIS Workshop)

Discover how to identify the wildflowers that we find in Cornwall, to family or species level.

In this workshop we will start off by gaining an understanding of the basics of wildflower identification, breaking down the terminology and introducing you to the main families of our native wildflowers. Then, we will head out onto Goss Moor to seek out species to identify.

Complete beginners to botany are very welcome. Those with more experience should also find this workshop useful in honing their skills.

We are seeking to achieve three things:

• to familiarise you, or re-familiarise you, with the terminology of plant anatomy, which is obviously important for making sense of field guides and keys, etc.
• to familiarise you with how a plant’s various anatomical features can be used in its identification
• to help you develop the skills and knowledge to be able to recognise members of some of the main plant families

Leader: Derek Green, Budding Nature