Hughes Consultancy & Training offers training in plant identification. Students learn to identify a wide range of common trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants at different stages of their growing season including leafs, flowers, fruit and twigs. Students are awarded a Further Education and Training Awards Council (FETAC) Level 5 award in Plant Identification and Use on completion of the plant identification course. Plant identification training is available at your location as the company will come to you.
Student Conservation Association (SCA) trains four to five teams to promote conservation leadership. The teams provide hands-on experience with field work and outreach exercises by controlling invasive species and restoring native habitats. Training includes plant identification along with policies and procedures, budget management, website development and risk management. Applicants must have a bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience and be at least 21 years old.
Wetland Training Institute offers a four-day class to learn to identify plants of the wetland and non-wetland areas. Classes are four days and focus on grasses, sedges and the Astor family. Classes are in March, June, August and October and are held in Austin, Texas; Lansing, Michigan; Lincoln, Nebraska; Arlington, Washington and Atlanta, Georgia. Courses can change without notice.
Environmental Concern, Inc. learning center is in St. Michaels, Maryland. They actively engage in working with the wetlands, and provide a learning perspective from the practitioner’s perspective. The courses offered include: Winter Woody Plant Identification; Wetland Plant Identification Basics; Advanced Plant Identification and Grasses, Sedges and Rushes.
The Invasive Plant Patrol (IPP) trains support groups and individuals to identify invasive aquatic plants and distinguish them from their native look-alikes in Maine. Workshops are free of charge. Anyone is welcome to participate in the workshops. Participation is encouraged by those who want active membership in Maine’s early detection team. Certified patrollers get a standardized field sheet, an identification card and a bucket scope.