Archived Outdoors

Learn to identify plants from the best

Dr. Dan Pittillo will lead a two-part workshop on plant identification beginning at 10 a.m. on Aug. 6 at the Highlands Biological Station.

The morning session (10 a.m.-noon) will be a review of plant structure, then a picnic lunch (bring your own). At 1 p.m. participants will go to the gardens for identifications with Newcomb’s Guide, which participants should bring. This two-part exercise should put the participants into a comfortable use of identification keys.

Cost for the workshop is $10. RSVP to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Pittillo taught plant science at Western Carolina University for more than three decades, directing the WCU Herbarium from 1970 to his retirement in 2005. For many years he served as the fall color prognosticator for many local and regional publications.

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