Botanist Course
Gain expertise in field botany for conservation efforts. The Botanist Course equips you to plan surveys, identify native and invasive plants, gather vouchers, handle data, and track species of concern in river, forest, and grassland ecosystems across diverse temperate landscapes.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This Botanist Course provides hands-on skills to plan and execute a full 50-hectare plant survey, starting from setting conservation objectives and research questions to designing effective sampling methods. You'll master standard field techniques, species identification with voucher collection, data organisation, and monitoring approaches for rare, native, and invasive plants in temperate river-forest-grassland environments.
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Develop skills
- Habitat-based plant identification: swiftly spot native, invasive, and rare species.
- Vegetation sampling techniques: use transects, quadrats, and plots to measure plant cover.
- Field survey planning: create stratified sampling strategies for river, forest, and grassland areas.
- Botanical data handling: develop neat field sheets, databases, and GPS logs.
- Conservation monitoring skills: identify threats and clearly report species at risk.
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