NATH7137, 1.5 CEUs 
Class night and time: Wednesdays, 6-8 pm   
Class meetings: August 2-30
Field trip dates: Learning to Use Guides at Woodend, Saturday, August 5 (9:30-11:30 am); Patuxent Research Refuge: North Tract, Saturday, August 19 (9 am-12 pm); Jug Bay Natural Area, Saturday, August 26 (9 am-12 pm)
Location: Online via zoom
Members $290, nonmembers $340   
Instructor: Clare Walker
Maryland Native Plant Society is celebrating 2023 as the year of the asters. Discover the beauty and diversity of this the largest flowering family in North America. It includes many familiar favorites flowers from coneflowers and sunflowers to black-eyed Susan and blazing stars but also many notorious weeds and invasives. Suitable for beginners and immediate students, this class will guide you in the identification of these tricky flowers. We will also look at the ecological roles of these important flowers that support specialist bees, many butterfly and moth species, galls and more. REGISTER

Required Books and Materials (available at the Woodend Nature Shop):
Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide, Author(s): Lawrence Newcomb, Publisher: Little, Brown & Company, ISBN 10: 0-316-60442-9 OR
Digital flower identification guide (download the free Wildflower App for your state for IOS or Android) Maryland Wildflowers or Virginia Wildflowers
Hand lens
Suggested books and materials
Title: Wildflowers in the Field and Forest, Author(s): Steven Clemants and Carol Gracie, Publisher: Oxford University Press, ISBN 13: 9780195150056
Title: Finding Wildflowers in the Washington-Baltimore Area, Author(s): Cristol Fleming, Marion Blois Lobstein and Barbara Tufty, Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press, ISBN 10: 0-8018-4995-0
Title: Summer Wildflowers of the Northeast, Author(s): Carol Gracie, Publisher: Princeton University Press
Title: Flora of Virginia, Author(s): Alan S. Weakley, J, Christopher Ludwig and John F. Townsend, Publisher: BRIT Press (Botanical Research Institute of Texas), ISBN 13: 978-1-889878-38-6, https://shop.brit.org/Flora-of-Virginia
The Flora of Virginia app: https://floraofvirginia.org/