Australian Tropical Herbarium Research and Programs Plant Identification Workshops

Plant Identification Workshops

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The Australian Tropical Herbarium and the Wet Tropics Management Authority present Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants – Plant Identification Short Courses.

Our courses are open to the public, and teach skills in rainforest plant identification. Our courses are developed for the interested layperson.  We teach how to examine and identify plants using freely available resources.

These courses are ideal for the interested layperson, and will be of special interest to rangers, school science teachers, state and local government land managers and anyone with an interest in tropical Australia’s incredible biodiversity.

RAINFOREST PLANT IDENTIFICATION workshops 2023

Cairns and Atherton Tablelands, 2023

The Australian Tropical Herbarium and the Wet Tropics Management Authority are pleased to present our annual Rainforest Plant Identification Workshops.

The rainforests of the Wet Tropics region are beautiful and incredibly diverse. But that very diversity can pose difficulties – how can we understand and manage these forests if we don’t know the species we’re looking at. Our workshops aims to teach participants the skills and knowledge needed to identify the rainforest flora using free online plant identification tools and hands-on experience.

  • The workshop is targeted at the interested layperson, and will be of interest to
  • rangers
  • school science teachers
  • state and local government land managers
    anyone with an interest in the region’s incredible biodiversity

Details of the courses are as follows

TablelandsCairns

Friday 7 July to Sunday 9 July 2023
SOLD OUT


The course will be presented at the School for Field Studies, located on the Gillies Highway at Danbulla. This will be the first time we have presented this course on the Tablelands in many years.


Enrol via Eventbrite at: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/rainforest-plant-identification-workshop-tablelands-2023-tickets-643506083017

Friday 8 December to Sunday 10 December 2023
SOLD OUT


*Note the change in dates from an earlier “date saver” email.
The course will be presented at James Cook University’s Nguma-bada Campus in Smithfield, with daily walks to the rainforests of the nearby Smithfield Conservation Park.


Enrol via Eventbrite at: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/rainforest-plant-identification-workshop-cairns-2023-tickets-643486153407

Both courses run from 8 to 4.30 each day. Course participants will need to make their own way to and from the course venue each day.

Morning tea and lunches are supplied – please advise of any dietary preferences when you enrol. For more information, please email stuart.worboys@jcu.edu.au or call 4232 1758.

Spaces are limited, and enrolments close a week before the course commencement date. Please feel free to distribute this email to anyone you think may be interested in these workshops.

Workshops will run in 2024, dates to be advised.