Copyright 1994 to 2003 by the Regents of the University of California, all rights reserved. en-us http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/ University and Jepson Herbaria Mon, 22 Sep 2003 22:13:00 PST rlmoe@uclink4.berkeley.edu Tue, 14 Nov 2006 23:55:01 PST http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/workshops/ The first part of the class will include a tour of the MVZ and an overview of museum philosophy and the importance of specimens - why we collect, prepare, and curate specimens. We will highlight some past uses of the collection and feature current research projects in the museum. We will also review the details involved in getting and keeping vertebrate study skins, such as permitting issues, record keeping, archiving specimens, and pest control. Our instructors, who have a combined catalogue of over 1,842 specimens, will demonstrate protocol for preparing a bird and a mammal study skin. Participants will be provided with a specimen and have up to one full day to prepare a study specimen of their own. Pre-registration is required. Course fee $175/$200 includes materials for preparing one specimen. http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/workshops/ Lyme disease is a puzzling disease that infects unknown numbers of Californians each year. Topics to be addressed include how it persists in natural systems and transfers itself to infect humans, how it is diagnosed, how clinical trials are run for approved treatments, and why the disease can be difficult to diagnose and treat. This workshop will include background information on the disease and will combine lecture, case-history presentations, and moderated discussion to further explore this contentious issue. Pre-registration is required. Course fee $125/$150 http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/workshops/ Topics will include an introduction to mycorrhizae, their ecology and biology, and how changes in the environment affect their association and abundance. We'll also be treated to an introduction in basic mushroom identification skills and anecdotes, traditions, and recipes of Italian mushroom dishes. We are pleased to offer this new series in cooperation with the museums that make up the Berkeley Natural History Museum (BNHM). The topics have come from suggestions taken during our botanical workshops. On behalf of BNHM, we hope you find our new series intriguing! Pre-registration is required. Course fee $350/$375 includes field station and lodging fees and meals for the duration of the workshop. Lodging is in double-occupancy rooms with twin or double beds. http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/workshops/ During this comprehensive workshop, participants will spend day one learning, through lecture and discussion, about the environmental history of tanoak. Participants will also get an update on its current status and explore current research specific to tanoak and the pathogen causing sudden oak death (SOD). We will spend the second day in the field, joined by forester Michael Swezy of Marin Municipal Water District to witness the effect of the SOD outbreak on tanoaks on the Bolinas Ridge area as well as other sites in Marin County. Pre-registrtaion is required. Course fee $225/$250 includes refreshment breaks on Saturday and transportation and a sack lunch for Sunday's field trip. http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/workshops/ At least 411 plant species are found in Great Basin National Park in the South Snake Range of Nevada. Of these species, at least 13 are sensitive and four are narrow endemics (Primula nevadensis, Jamesia tetrapetala, Silene nachlingerae, and Eriogonum holmgrenii). The plants serve as important habitat for the region's wildlife species and are also interesting and beautiful in their own right. Join us for this special trip to another of Nevada's jewels to discover the rich flora and explore the unique adaptations some plants have evolved for thriving in such a harsh and varied system. Pre-registration is required. Course fee $450/$475 includes campground fees, meals, and transportation for the duration of the workshop. Lodging is in a primitive campground with pit-toilets and stored water. http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/workshops/ We will learn about the region's unique flora and landscapes from the Telescope Peak Trail. Emphasis will be given to the Panamint's several endemic and rare taxa. Participants will have an opportunity to explore the following plant communities: desert mountain springs, black brush (Coleogyne ramosissima), sagebrush (Artemisia spp.), pinyon/juniper (Pinus monophylla/Juniperus osteosperma), limber pine (Pinus flexilis), and bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva). Avid birdwatchers will also enjoy the myriad bird species known from the Panamints. Lastly, if we are lucky, the group will have an opportunity to see desert bighorn sheep. Pre-registration is required. Course fee $450/$475 includes campground fees, meals, and transportation for the duration of the workshop. Lodging is in a primitive campground with pit-toilets and stored water. http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/workshops/ This workshop will focus on the central Sierra Nevada taxa and will discuss Mimulus throughout the state. We will also discuss Mimulus evolution, ecology, and conservation while visiting some beautiful monkey flower hotspots. We will use The Jepson Manual key and review the relevant morphology. There will be keying of dried and fresh specimens. A draft of text and pictures from an upcoming book on California Mimulus will be distributed. Pre-registration is required. Course fee $350/$375 includes campground fees, meals, and transportation for the duration of the workshop. Lodging is in a private campground with pit-toilets and running water. http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/workshops/ The workshop will begin Thursday evening in Bishop with an evening slide show. Friday morning through Sunday afternoon will involve day trips to lower-elevation areas around the base of the range, showing the best flowering conditions and/or interesting assemblages, and returning to Bishop each evening for more slides and discussion. One day-trip may approach the snow line to observe the earliest species at higher elevations. Through driving tours in our 12-passenger vans and easy to moderate walks (elevations generally 4,000 to 7,500 feet, and possibly to 10,000 feet), participants will have the opportunity to explore the general vegetation and geology of the lower White Mountains, explore and identify the flora of several different desert communities and habitats, and learn to observe some of the geographic and ecologic factors influencing species distributions and adaptations. Driving distances may be up to 100 miles each day and we will stretch our legs each day with short to moderate hikes. Pre-registration is required. Course fee $475/$500 includes research station lodging fees, meals, and transportation for the duration of the workshop. Lodging is in dormitory-style bunks with shared bathrooms. http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/workshops/ This workshop will visit botanically interesting, less-traveled sites around Lake Shasta, checking out the plants growing on limestone. The focus will be on shrub identification and seeing the endemic Shasta snow-wreath (Neviusia cliftonii) in bloom. We will spend Friday botanizing in the Low Pass Creek area of the Devil's Rock-Hosselkus Research Natural Area. We should find at least 17 shrub species that day. On Saturday we will hike from Dekkas Rock campground in search of another diverse set of shrubs. On Sunday we will see the Waters Gulch population of Shasta snow-wreath and other shrubs, this time not on limestone. Pre-registration is required. Course fee $450/$475 includes campground fees, meals, and transportation for the duration of the workshop. Lodging is in a developed, lakeside campground with pit-toilets and running water. http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/workshops/ Specifically, we will examine the lichen communities associated with soil surfaces, basalt outcrops, and local native shrubs of the Mojave National Preserve. Classroom instruction will include basic information about the morphology, reproduction, physiology, and ecology of lichens. We will also learn about the basic tools, resources, and thallus features essential to the proper identification of lichen species, including growth form, algal partner, reproductive features, preferred substrates, and secondary chemistry. We will also discuss the complex nature of the relationship that binds lichen symbionts together into a truly remarkable, mutualistic system. In the laboratory, we will explain and practice the basic techniques used to identify lichens, focusing on the local flora. During a day-long field trip we will examine and discuss lichen communities at several locations in the Mojave National Preserve. A series of reference materials will be distributed at the workshop. Pre-registration is required. Course fee $425/$450 includes meals and lodging for the duration of the workshop. Sleeping accommodations are in double occupancy rooms. http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/workshops/ Based out of the southeastern portion of Anza Borrego State Park, we will venture into Imperial County to visit Algodones Dunes and see dune endemics such as Peirson's Milkvetch (Astragalus magdalenae var. peirsonii), Croton wigginsii, Eriogonum deserticola, and Sand Food (Pholisma sonorae) and return to San Diego County through the Mountain Spring area of the In-Ko-Pah Mountains where Wolf Cholla (Cylindropuntia wolfii), Nolina bigelovii, and the Jacumba Monkeyflower (Mimulus aurantiacus var. aridus) are common. We will encounter various desert, chaparral, and juniper communities as we head north through Anza-Borrego to the San Felipe Creek area. Along the way, we will see arid-adapted species like Gander Cholla (Cylindropuntia ganderi), Desert Agave (Agave deserti var. deserti), Desert Lily (Hesperocallis undulata), Elephant Tree (Bursera microphylla), and the elusive, internal parasite Pilostyles thurberi. Plus, if rainfall is adequate there should be a large diversity of spring annuals. Pre-registration is required. Course fee $450/$475 includes campground fees, meals, and passenger van transportation for the duration of the workshop. Lodging is in a primitive campground with pit-toilets and stored water. http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/workshops/ This weekend workshop is specifically designed for (1) botanists engaged professionally in conducting inventories, (2) botanists who want to expand their floristic skills to include surveys for bryophytes, and (3) botanists who want to develop checklists or bryofloras of either physiographic (i.e., mountain range, river basin) or administrative units (National Parks, National Forests, State Parks, counties, etc.) Although no prior field coursework is required, having either vascular plant inventory experience and/or a bryology introductory course prior to this workshop would be beneficial. Exercises will focus on documentation techniques for bryophytes, recognition of micro-habitats, and determining how to find rare taxa at any given location on the landscape. Lab and lecture activities will concentrate on various techniques used to sample bryophytes, how to succinctly capture ecological data at the time of collection, and how to process specimens efficiently for identification. Pre-registration is required. Course fee $450/$475 includes meals and lodging for the duration of the workshop. Lodging is in shared cabins with a separate bath house. http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/workshops/ There are about 90 species of Sphagnum in North America, and more than a dozen occur in California. We will examine the general anatomical features of peatmosses and then focus on the characters used to distinguish species. A key to California species will be provided and we will use this to practice identifying species, with emphasis on those likely to be encountered in California, Oregon, and Washington. Pre-registration is required. Course fee $225/$250 http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/workshops/ The convergence of independent morphological and molecular studies now indicates that some species previously included in Potentilla stand better as distinct genera, so Dasiphora, Drymocallis, and Comarum will join Potentilla in the second edition of The Jepson Manual. Join us to get the inside scoop on these generic adjustments, and to learn how to cope with plants that laugh in the face of a rigid species definition. The workshop will also cover Ivesia, Horkeliella, and Horkelia, all restricted to western North America, leading to discussions on island biogeography in a continental setting and the pros and cons of paraphyly. One or more field trips will allow direct experience with plants in the field, including complex multi-species populations. Pre-registration is required. Course fee $350/$375 includes meals and lodging for the duration of the course. Lodging is bunk-style in quad-occupancy rooms with shared, indoor bathrooms. http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/workshops/ Emphasis will be on identification of montane taxa in the field. Fresh material, herbarium specimens, and slides will also be used to show the morphological features that differentiate the complexes. Specialized lupine terminology will be discussed and explained. Local field trips will be taken to key specimens in the field using The Jepson Manual. An overview of the ecology and ethnobotany of lupines will also be discussed. Pre-registration is required. Course fee $350/$375 includes meals and lodging for the duration of the course. Lodging is on bunk or twin beds in shared rooms with adjacent bath-house.