University of Idaho Advanced Field Botany

University of Idaho Advanced Field Botany An intense, two-week field experience at the University of Idaho McCall Field Campus combining field expeditions, keying, discussions, and lectures.

July 3 - July 16, 2016
This will be different from your standard Botany class! This kind of “experiential learning” acknowledges that you learn more when you are an active participant. Come learn the flora of Idaho through an intense, two-week field experience in the Inland Northwest based out of the University of Idaho McCall Field Campus! This 3-credit Advanced Field Botany course is the only on

e of its kind in the Pacific Northwest and is open to upper division undergraduates and early career graduate students that want to enhance their botanical knowledge and skills.

I am pleased to announce that the 2019 AFB class is on! Join us at our McCall Field Campus for 2 weeks of botany on Paye...
04/26/2019

I am pleased to announce that the 2019 AFB class is on! Join us at our McCall Field Campus for 2 weeks of botany on Payette Lake, June 9-22. Visit the AFB website to apply now (before May 10!):

This 3-credit Advanced Field Botany course is the only one of its kind in the Pacific Northwest and is open to upper division undergraduates and early career graduate students that want to enhance their botanical knowledge and skills.

And some excellent presentations to wrap things up!
06/27/2018

And some excellent presentations to wrap things up!

AFB 2018 is complete! The final numbers: 396 collections made, 331 identified and databased, representing 44 families,14...
06/27/2018

AFB 2018 is complete! The final numbers: 396 collections made, 331 identified and databased, representing 44 families,144 genera, 228 species, and 241 taxa. What a fantastic class!

Site photos from 2018; Squaw Flat, Kennally Creek, Bear Idaho, Loon Lake, and No Business LO.
06/26/2018

Site photos from 2018; Squaw Flat, Kennally Creek, Bear Idaho, Loon Lake, and No Business LO.

06/26/2018

AFB student, Gillian Freitas, dissecting Penstemon payettensis

First day of field work! 75 collections in the book.
06/18/2018

First day of field work! 75 collections in the book.

First field day is complete and we've already found Isoetes sp.!! Granted, we found it hidden in the roots of another pl...
06/17/2018

First field day is complete and we've already found Isoetes sp.!! Granted, we found it hidden in the roots of another plant while pressing... but still, off to a good start!

Congratulations to AFB 2017 alumnus Ty Styhl on this achievement! https://www.facebook.com/uidahoscience/posts/164897951...
05/02/2018

Congratulations to AFB 2017 alumnus Ty Styhl on this achievement! https://www.facebook.com/uidahoscience/posts/1648979511856233

Spring 2018 graduate J. Tyrell Styhl has been selected as a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship recipient. Styhl, originally from Idaho Falls, graduates this may with a Bachelor of Science in ecology and conservation biology with minors in wildlife Resources and Statistics. He s...

AFB 2017 is complete! 532 collections made (with silica gel-dried tissue), 430 identified and databased, representing 50...
07/16/2017

AFB 2017 is complete! 532 collections made (with silica gel-dried tissue), 430 identified and databased, representing 50 families, 251 species, and 272 taxa. Thanks for all your hard work, class!

We traveled a gnarly road to Cuddy Point on Tuesday, but our efforts were rewarded with some awesome new collections!!
07/12/2017

We traveled a gnarly road to Cuddy Point on Tuesday, but our efforts were rewarded with some awesome new collections!!

AFB 2017 is in full swing with over 200 collections so far!! We've visited Eck's Flatt, Lake Fork Creek, and the Carey D...
07/09/2017

AFB 2017 is in full swing with over 200 collections so far!! We've visited Eck's Flatt, Lake Fork Creek, and the Carey Dome Fire Lookout!

04/18/2017

It's official! Idaho Native Plant Appreciation Week will be April 23-29 this year. Contact your local chapter for information on special events being held to celebrate, including native plant sales.

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