This course is an advanced field and lab-based exploration of spore-producing plants, including mosses, liverworts, quillworts, club-mosses, ferns, and horsetails. Emphasis will be on field- based identification and ecology of plants, as well as lab-based microscope use for identification, classification and exploration of the biology of specimens. Accompanying lecture topics will be focused on cryptogam evolution and classification.

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Tadpoles & Sadpoles

Vernal pools are often a wonderful, seasonal mecca for many different kinds of herps, and consequently, for many different kinds of herpers. These temporary ponds form when snowmelt gathers in low areas…

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What's Cooking @ Sterling? – Goan-Style Hot & Sour Pork

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1425923197315{background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_empty_space height=”32px”][vc_column_text]Here is a Goan-style recipe we adapted from the imitable Madhur Jaffrey in her book “Indian Cooking.” This time of year, when temperatures reach deep…

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Introducing Sterling's Test Kitchen!

Welcome to Sterling College’s Test Kitchen Recipe Section! This is where chef Simeon and students in the role of Food Analysts test out small batches of recipes to be used on a…

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