Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM ET
Description: There are many different species of oaks that are separated into two broad categories. The red group and the white group. Learning how to identify the various oaks begins with understanding the group they belong to, and proceeds to examining leaf, bud, stem, bark, and acorn characteristics. This session will discuss the top KEY ID features for several different species of oaks (Quercus spp). Learn how to tell them apart and hopefully be introduced to a few new species to add to your palette of plants.
Presenter: Laura Deeter received her Ph.D. in horticulture from The Ohio State University after studying road salt tolerance in herbaceous perennials under Dr. Steve Still. She is currently a Professor of Horticulture at The Ohio State University in Horticulture and Crop Science and the Sandy and Andy Ross Endowed Director of the Chadwick Arboretum. She has taught a multitude of horticulture classes, including Woody and Herbaceous Plant Identification, Landscape Design, Sustainable Landscaping, Plant Health Management, Landscape Construction, and Ecology, among others. She was awarded the ATI Distinguished Teaching Award three times, the OSU Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching, the Perennial Plant Association Teaching Award, the American Horticulture Society Teaching Award, the Perennial Plant Association Service Award, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Ohio Landscape Association, and Professor of the Year from Instructure. She travels extensively, speaking on a variety of topics ranging from taxonomy and nomenclature to shade gardens, design, color, and specialty gardens and plants. Her new home is an open canvas for spring planting, with a new puppy!
ISA CEUs: 1.0 Certified Arborist, Urban Forest Professional, Utility Worker, Tree Worker, BCMA Science