Field Ethnobotany Human/cultural interactions with plants Learn plants which are part of the material culture of indigenous and local people of the region Dr. Robin Kimmerer Distinguished Teaching Professor and Director, Center for Native Peoples and the Environment

Classroom, field and lab Satisfies elective field study requirement in Environmental and Forest Biology. Two hours of lecture, and eight hours of field work and discussion each day for two weeks. Summer; Cranberry Lake Biological Station.

Topics include: Identification of plants Ethnobotanical research techniques Cross-cultural perspectives on plant use Traditional resource management techniques Relationship between disturbance regimes and subsistence plants Non-timber forest products A field-based introduction to the identification and traditional cultural uses of plants in the Adirondack region for food, medicine and fiber. Topics include plant identification, traditional ecological knowledge and use of ecological and ethnobotanical methods.

Plants are the best teachers….

Hands-on experience with the botany of: Food Fiber Shelter Harvesting Processing Foraging strategy Medicines

Class and individual projects

Sustainable harvesting: theory and practice

Medicinal plants-identification, use and preparation

Edible plants

Constructing the classroom

The wigwam