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    • Low-growing Spruce Forest
    • Subalpine Tundra
    • Treeless Bog
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    • HowTo: Post to this Site
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Author: <span>Rachel Liester</span>
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Author: Rachel Liester

I'm an herbalist, naturalist, writer and photographer from Nebraska with an agri-tourism business called "Red Road Herbs Retreat & Learning Center." My interest in herbs came from an interest in Native American culture. I'm especially interested in the uses of prairie plants. My favorite topic to teach is wildcrafting for food and medicine from the abundance of plants surrounding us. I like to call them "worthy weeds."
Module 4 – Plant Dissections
Dissections

Module 4 – Plant Dissections

By Rachel Liester June 25, 2018 June 26, 2018 5

It’s incredibly fascinating to look at such tiny details of plants! I thoroughly enjoyed this assignment and did much of it with my 11 year old granddaughter. I have a big family reunion this weekend and have to cook for 50 people so I pushed myself to get this done …

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Plant Bingo
BINGO

Plant Bingo

By Rachel Liester June 18, 2018 June 21, 2018 4
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Dichotomous Keys
Dichotomous Keys

Dichotomous Keys

By Rachel Liester June 17, 2018 June 21, 2018 5

Having very little experience with dichotomous keys and only a little experience with the proper names of plant pieces and parts, I struggled with this assignment and still am not sure what I’m doing. Though I’m familiar with some plant parts and use those for identification, the photos in the …

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Pressed Plant – Mulberry
Pressed Plants

Pressed Plant – Mulberry

By Rachel Liester June 12, 2018 June 18, 2018 6

The herbarium specimens below are of two species of mulberry trees growing here. According to Sally Weeks, dendrologist at Purdue University,   red mulberry (Morus ruba L.) is native to North American and   white mulberry  (Morus alba L.) is an invasive from Asia brought over in the 1600’s to …

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Introductions

Equipment – Nikon camera

By Rachel Liester June 10, 2018 June 10, 2018 0

I forgot to post in my introduction what equipment I’ll be using for this class. I’m old-school and have had a smart phone for only a few months and hardly ever take photos with it. I purchased the macro lens and have tried using it with my phone, but find …

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Introduction – Rachel
Introductions

Introduction – Rachel

By Rachel Liester June 5, 2018 June 12, 2018 2

Hello everyone! I’m from Nebraska and have been enrolled in the EBOT program since May of 2017. So far, I’ve completed two Applied classes, seminar in EBOT and Intro to EBOT with the field study in Hooper Bay. I’ve been learning from and teaching about herbs for over 20 years …

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