Introduction to Missouri Fern Identification and Ecology Workshop

Learn about Missouri’s fascinating fern diversity, with Justin Thomas of the Institute of Botanical Training

From hard-scrabble desert-like glades to wet foggy Ozark hollers, Missouri is blessed with a fascinating fern diversity. This four-hour course focuses on fern identification, ecology, and appreciation but will also cover their curious reproduction strategies, specialized terminology, and geographical patterns. In short, how do we tell them apart, where do they live, how did they get there, and why do they stay? This course is good for anyone with the slightest interest in plants, on up to full-fledged experts.

Hosted by Lincoln University Cooperative Extension Specialty Crops/Native Plants Program and led by Justin Thomas, this workshop is part of the “Growing Native Ferns as Specialty Crops in Missouri” grant to the Specialty Crops Program at Lincoln University Cooperative Extension, funded by the Missouri Department of Agriculture. Funding for ‘Growing Native Ferns as Specialty Crops in Missouri’ was made possible by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service through grant AM22SCBPMO1152.

Cost is $25. Lunch is provided.

Students with ID are free!
Student registrants should email Navarrete-TindallN@LincolnU.com for a spot.

REGISTER BY AUGUST 19, 2025:
https://grownative.org/event/introduction-to-missouri-fern-identification-and-ecology-workshop/

Reasonable accommodation will be provided for people with disabilities and special needs. To make arrangements, please contact Dr. Nadia Navarrete-Tindall at navarrete-tindalln@LincolnU.edu.

Lincoln University is an equal-opportunity employer and provider.