Please join the Jepson Herbarium for an exciting trip!
Ferns of Hawai`i
September 13 - 23, 2010
with Alan Smith
This trip will focus on seeing as many of the native ferns and lycophytes as possible, as well as noting introduced species.
Description: The class will spend five days on Kaua'i, mostly in and around Kokee State Park, botanizing along trails such as the Pihea trail to Pihea Vista, Kalalau Lookout, the road between the lookout and the forest, Sugi Grove, Awa'awapuhi trail, Nu'alolo trail, and Kaluapuhi trail. In general, we will stay on the trails, but occasionally we will take brief forays into the forest. Day hikes will be less than ca. 4 mi., round trip, sometimes with a bit up and down. Other stops on Kauai will include the Kilauea Lighthouse area and the Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden, which grows many native and tropical ferns. After that we will go to the big Island of Hawai'i, seeking out the ferns in and around Volcanoes National Park (Thurston Lava tube area, Kilauea Iki trail, and Kipuka Puaulu loop trail on the road to Mauna Loa). Other educational and pleasure stops will include the Jaggar Museum in Volcanoes NP, Akaka Falls State Park, Kalapana for night-time lava flow displays, and a macadamia nut farm and processing plant, south of Hilo.
The group leader, Dr. Alan Smith, is a Research Botanist, Emeritus and Curator of ferns at the University of California Herbarium. He is an authority on tropical ferns and fern allies and has worked extensively in the New World Tropics. His research includes monographic work on several large families of neotropical ferns, floristic work on pteridophytes in several Latin American countries (especially Mexico, Venezuela, and Bolivia), and work on the systematic relationships and biogeographic patterns exhibited by ferns. Alan has also led extended Jepson Workshops to New Zealand, Costa Rica and Ecuador.
Course fee: ($1,750/$1,775) includes ground transportation, entrance fees, meals (except dinners while on Hawai'i), and lodging for the duration of the trip (10 nights). Airfare between Kaua'i and Hawai'i is included, but airfare from the mainland is not.
A $500 non-refundable booking deposit is required by April 15, 2010.
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