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This course is eligible for continuing education credits toward the Society of Wetland Scientists’ Professional Wetland Scientist (PWS) Certificate Program.
You cannot delineate a wetland without experience identifying wetland plants. This one-day course provides an introduction to diagnostic plant characteristics and their use in dichotomous keys for wetland plant identification. You will use keys in the Field Guide to Nontidal Wetland Identification to identify common wetland plants in central New Jersey. This field guide includes over 250 wetland plants – the most common aquatic bed plants, emergents, shrubs, trees, and vines in Mid-Atlantics wetlands. This course focuses on wetland plants and will not address upland plants.
NOTE: If you are planning to enroll in Methodology of Delineating Wetlands and have not completed the Vegetation Identification for Delineating Wetlands course, you must enroll in this course.
If you have already completed the Vegetation Identification course, this is an excellent refresher and offers another perspective on plant identification.
Instructor
 Ralph Tiner, M.S., M.P.A. has over 30 years of practical experience in wetland delineation and has written extensively on the subject. He has written several field guides including: Field Guide to Non-tidal Wetland Identification, Maine Wetlands and Their Boundaries, A Field Guide to Coastal Wetland Plants of the Northeastern United States, and In Search of Swampland, as well as Wetland Indicators: A Guide to Wetland Identification, Delineation, Classification, and Mapping.
Required Textbook
Field Guide to Nontidal Wetland Identification [ASIN B0006ER01I],
Ralph W. Tiner - $45
You may purchase this textbook on your own or through our office with your registration.
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