This is a joint program of the New Jersey Conservation Foundation and Pinelands Alliance. One course is offered: Special Pinelands Plants Course Advanced. This course is taught by Russell Juelg, New Jersey Conservation Foundation’s land steward and Pine Barrens educator.
The classroom lessons will take place at the Pinelands Alliance HQ, 17 Pemberton Rd, Southampton, NJ 08088.
The Advanced Course 2026
The course is geared for professionals and advanced amateurs. Participants should be reasonably capable of using technical material, such as the Gleason & Cronquist Manual, Alan Weakley’s Flora, or the Flora of North America.
The recommended project is for each participant to study a site at the Franklin Parker Preserve and create a comprehensive, specimen-based list of every vascular plant species present on their site. Alternative projects may be proposed.
Course work includes:
-Attendance at scheduled monthly workshops
-Field study at least once a month, March through November
-Record-keeping in a field notebook for all pertinent field observations
-Creation of herbarium-quality plant specimens (at least one per species encountered)
-Creation of a comprehensive list of vascular plants on the selected site (or alternate goal, if an acceptable substitute)
-Classroom workshops 7-9 pm on the first Wednesday of each month, February through December
(Feb. 4, Mar. 4, Apr. 1, May 6, Jun. 3, Jul. 1, Aug. 5, Sep. 2, Oct. 7, Nov. 4, Dec. 2)
Note that registrants for the Special Pinelands Plants–ADVANCED COURSE have the privilege of attending any of the sessions of the Special Pinelands Plants-FUNDAMENTALS COURSE.
For more information contact Bill Lynch at blynch@njconservation.org or 908-997-0725.
