Learn to identify, collect, and press specimens from blooming trees in “the HEEP”!
Join Dr. Sarah Taylor, Herbarium Collection Manager for the UConn Biodiversity Research Collections at UConn, on a spring hike through the Hillside Environmental Education Park in search of flowering trees and spring ephemerals.
Dr. Taylor will discuss best practices for collecting and preserving tree flowers and will demonstrate how to press what you collect to make good scientific specimens. Flowering plants pressed during the hike will be added to the George Safford Torrey Herbarium’s collection.
*** Space for this event is limited and registration is required! ***
Cost: $10 for Museum Members, $15 for non-Members
Participants 16 and under must be accompanied by a chaperone.
Note that only one registration can be purchased at a time.
Visit https://csmnh.uconn.edu/programs for additional details or email the Museum at [email protected] with any questions.
Parking information and specific location will be sent to registered participants prior to the event.
In case of extreme weather, event will take place indoors as a collection-based workshop with pre-collected specimens.
If you require an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the CSMNH at 860-486-4460 or [email protected] by Monday May 6, 2024.
The Connecticut State Museum of Natural History is part of the Institute of the Environment at the University of Connecticut.