Introduction to Alaska's Flora

Lace up your hiking boots and get ready to traipse through the interior environs with your focus on the realm of the plants. Carolyn Parker will introduce you to Alaska?s unique flora through lectures, labs, and field trips. You will become familiar with the use of technical keys, the origins of Alaska?s flora, basic plant morphology, and the language of botanists. Profile: Carolyn Parker is a long-time research professional at the Museum of the North?s herbarium and has devoted her life to the study and appreciation of the plants of the arctic.