Spoiler alert! Species you key out are Bolboschoenus maritimus, Eleocharis quinqueflora, Eriophorum angustifolium, Trichophorum germanicum, Carex arenaria, binervis, demissa, echinata, flacca, hirta, leporina, nigra, panicea, pendula, pilulifera, rostrata.
Course includes practical exercises which take you on a tour of all sections in a key with the idea that you learn the characters and keys and then could key out any sedge
Annotated specimen photo to support keying
Field season is coming, time to study plants with @edinburghnapier.bsky.social short online botany course Sedge Identification for beginners www.napier.ac.uk/study-with-us/short-courses/introduction-to-sedges @botany-jen.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social @botsocscot.bsky.social pls share, ta!
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@edinburghnapier.bsky.social short online botany course on sedge identification for beginners: www.napier.ac.uk/study-with-u.... Approx 20h of study at your own pace to identify sedge species using a standard botanical key. @jen-farrar-bsbi-ni.bsky.social @naturelark.bsky.social pls share, ta!
The 2025 #NewYearPlantHunt is now officially underway!
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Hoping the weather is kind to 1000s of intrepid botanists heading out over the next 4 days to record wild & naturalised plants blooming in midwinter.
Good luck everyone!