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Wetland Plant Identification Workshop, Keweenaw Peninsula (in Michigans
western Upper Peninsula)
August 21 and 22, 2010!

Dry-feet plants Damp to wet-feet plants
blue-bead lily (Clintonia borealis) water-horehound (Lycopus
uniflorus)
big-leaf aster (Eurybia macrophylla) turtlehead (Chelone glabra)

wild sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis) swamp candles (Lysimachia
terrestris)
starflower (Trientalis borealis) bluejoint (Calamagrostis
canadensis)
pink ladyslipper (Cypripedium acaule) tussock sedge (Carex stricta)

sugar maple (Acer saccharum) tamarack (Larix laricina)

pin cherry (Prunus virginiana) winterberry (Ilex
verticillata)

Do many of the common dry-feet plants of the Keweenaw Peninsula listed above
sound familiar? How about the wetland plants in the second column? If
these arent as familiar and you want to expand your knowledge of the
Keweenaws common (and not so common) wetland plants, then be sure to sign up
for the Gratiot Lake Conservancy-sponsored Wetland Plant Workshop being
taught this coming August.
WHERE: near Eagle Harbor (Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigans western Upper
Peninsula)
WHEN: Saturday, August 21 and Sunday, August 22, 2010
9:00 AM to 4:00 PM eastern time each day
INSTRUCTOR: botanist Janet Marr, who has taught other Gratiot Lake
Conservancy-sponsored workshops (spring botany and aquatic plants)
SPONSOR: Gratiot Lake Conservancy http://www.mlswa.org...tiot-Lake-1508/
FEE: Space is limited and advance enrollment is required. The fee for this
2-day workshop is $70 ($55 for Gratiot Lake Conservancy members). An
enrollment form is downloadable at the Gratiot Lake Conservancy website at
http://www.mlswa.org...tiot-Lake-1508/
To enroll, complete this enrollment form and send with payment to:
Gratiot Lake Conservancy, PO Box 310, Mohawk MI 49950.
SCHOLARSHIP: There will be Janet Avery Scholarships available. Interested
applicants should either email Bonnie Hay at mailto:belh@verizon.net
or write to Gratiot Lake Conservancy, PO Box 310, Mohawk MI 49950. Please
indicate your affiliation, why you would like to attend the workshop, and
how you intend to use what you learn in your work, studies, or teaching.
ARE YOU A MICHIGAN K-12 TEACHER with a professional certificate? If so, you
will earn 1.2 SB-CEUs when you participate in this workshop.
WORKSHOP ACTIVITIES: Workshop activities will take place mostly
out-of-doors. Visits will be made to local wetlands including swamp
forests, shrub thickets, and more open community types such as marshes and
fens. Native plants and selected non-native invasive species will be
identified. Characteristics of selected plant families will be discussed,
botanical terms will be defined, dichotomous keys will be used when
appropriate, and wetland community types will be described.

Chihuly at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park: A New Eden
April 30 – September 30, 2010
Special Monday hours during the exhibition, 9 am–9 pm (Excluding Monday, July 26 and Monday, August 9)

Dale Chihuly, the most sought-after glass artist in the world, returns for a second exhibition this spring and summer to celebrate the 15th anniversary of Meijer Gardens. His works will be displayed at 15 sites, from the English Perennial Garden at the entryway to the Frey Boardwalk in the wetlands. Included are chandeliers, glass towers up to 30 feet high, floating spheres, reeds rising from the earth, the sun, the moon, and a rowboat full of glass. The exhibition officially opens to the public on April 30 and runs through September 30.

Visit the Frederick Meijer website for more information.