Botanist Eric Doucette, hosted by Kennebec Land Trust and the Hallowell Conservation Commission, plans give a workshop on winter tree identification at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3.
Eastern white pines at the Baldwin Hill Conservation Cemetery. Tyler Keniston photo
Doucette is an associate professor of biology at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts and president of the Maine Josselyn Botanical Society. He plans to teach attendees how to identify trees using buds, twigs, bark and branching patterns.
The group will meet inside at the Hallowell Fire Station Meeting Room on Coos Lane to learn basic identification techniques and terms, and then move outside to practice at the nearby Effie Berry and Howard Hill Conservation Areas.
People should dress for the weather and bring water, snowshoes or traction devices depending on the conditions and a 10x hand lens if available.
For more information or to RSVP, contact Marie Ring at mring@tklt.org or 207-377-2848 or Rosemary Presnar at hallowellconservation@gmail.com.
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