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ADV - MPS - Carex(Sedge) of Minnesota Identification Workshop

MPS - Carex(Sedge) of Minnesota Identification Workshop website

2660 Fawn Lake Dr NE
East Bethel, MN 55005

Critical Connections Ecological Services, Inc. is pleased to offer a three day sedge identification workshop on Wednesday June 10 through Friday June 12, 2026. This workshop is comprised of two days in the lab and one full day in the field. The course will be taught by Jason Husveth and will focus on the Sedges (Carex) of Minnesota (139 species). The workshop will be taught within the newly constructed Bog Room laboratory classroom at the Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve in East Bethel, northern Anoka County, MN. The curriculum will include a basic introduction to all the Minnesota sedge genera (Cyperaceae), with a focus on the identification of Carex species using live plant material. Over 80 Carex species were provided as live material at recent past workshops, as well as more than 20 additional species representative of other Minnesota sedge genera. The Minnesota Sedge Identification Workshop will be useful to a wide array of students, including novice and experienced field botanists, wetland ecologists, and wetland professionals with an interest in identifying Carex taxa to species. This course is accredited as 18 direct hours of continuing education units (CEUs) by the Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resource’s (BWSR) Wetland Professional Certification Program (WPCP).

The course cost is $650 and includes course manuals and supplies.

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Meeting from 8:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. on:

Wednesday, June 10, 2026
Thursday, June 11, 2026
Friday, June 12, 2026

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