1. EFB 496 Ecology of Wetland Plant Communities
(3 credit hours)
Alex Petzke (Week 1)
EFB Ph.D. Student and Donald J. Leopold* (Week 2) Distinguished Teaching Professor and Chair (until March 1) Department of Environmental and Forest Biology SUNY-ESF Syracuse, NY
*and author of Wildflowers of the Adirondacks, Johns Hopkins Press, in press

2. EFB 496 Ecology of Wetland Plant Communities
One to two hours of lecture, and eight to nine hours of field work
and discussion each day for two weeks
A field  course to develop skills and confidence
in determining wetland plants found in natural communities
of the Northeast and used in wetland delineation

3. WEEK 1: Mineral Soil Wetlands and Aquatic Communities and Their Flora (Petzke)
Monday Introduction to wetlands of the Adirondack Region; ferns and fern-allies
Tuesday Graminoids: grasses, sedges and rushes
Wednesday Woody species of these wetlands
Thursday Emergent, free-floating, and submersed species of lakes and ponds
Friday Review of species covered first week

4. WEEK 2: Natural Peatland Communities and Their Flora (Leopold)
Monday Vascular species of acidic peatlands (bogs, poor fens)
Tuesday Vascular species of minerotrophic peatlands (medium and rich fens)
Wednesday Wetland species on poorly drained, drastically disturbed sites
Thursday Review of species from weeks 1 and 2
Friday Comprehensive field (closed book) and laboratory (open book) exams

6. skunk cabbage
dwarf mistletoe
northern pitcher plant
cinnamon fern
black chokeberry
black ash
closed gentian
cardinal flower
northern white-cedar
Labrador tea
grass pink
podgrass

7. This course should be especially valuable to those:
Contemplating a career in wetland sciences
Considering field-based graduate studies
Curious about the natural history, cultural ecology, and ethnobotany of some of the most beautiful and important plant species in the Northeast
Interested in understanding the significant ecological function and high conservation value of wetlands