"Wildflowers
of the Northeast"
celebrates the intricacy and enchanting beauty of our native flora.
This ninety-minute power point presentation features close-up images
of plants in a range of magnifications as well as photographic portraits
taken from a more customary perspective.
Participants become familiar with the distinguishing characteristics
of the most common plant families and learn how to apply this information
to identify herbaceous plants in the field. The survival value of
these plants’ specializations in accomplishing such essential
functions as pollination, seed dispersal, and photosynthesis is
also explored.
Everyone is invited to share their knowledge about habitat preferences,
life cycles, and cultivation of our native wildflowers. Illustrated
pamphlets with descriptions of plant families, informative
websites, and a bibliography for further study are distributed at
the conclusion of the program.
