Leader: Stephanie Mason October is a great month to begin learning to ID our local trees and shrubs. With colorful leaves and this season’s seedpods hanging on, there are visible and fairly easy-to-find distinguishing characteristics to help sort out various species. Based at our Woodend Sanctuary, this learning session will begin under an outdoor awning where we’ll talk about techniques for tree ID, coupled with the introduction to and practice with a basic, easy-to-use ID key. For the rest of our time, we’ll stay outside and practice our new ID skills on the many trees growing on-site. Both beginners and those who want to brush up on their tree ID skills are welcome.