2026 Plant Identification Workshops:
CCES is please to announce three plant identification workshops to be offered in 2026!
The three workshops offered are:
1) Carex of Minnesota Sedge Identification Workshop (June 2026)
2) Rubus of Central Minnesota Identification and Ecology Workshop (July 2026)
3) Advanced Minnesota Sedge Identification Workshop: Led by Dr. Anton Reznicek (August 2026)
Registration is now open for all three workshops. Registrations are offered on a first come, first served basis. Workshops typically fill by March 31 of each year they are offered. To learn more and to register, please navigate to the workshop you wish to attend (see right sidebar) and download the workshop announcement, agenda, and appropriate registration form. For more details or contact Jason Husveth with inquiries regarding registration details. Thank you!
Jason Husveth is a professional ecologist and botanist working throughout Minnesota and the Upper Midwestern United States. Jason has over thirty years of academic, field, and herbarium experience identifying, collecting, photographing, and documenting native and rare species in Minnesota and the Upper Midwest and throughout the Eastern United States. Jason has been trained in plant identification by Dr. Anton Reznicek (Flora of North America: Cyperaceae and Michigan Flora), Dr. Robert H. Mohlenbrock (Illustrated Flora of Illinois), Dr. Susan Galatowitsch (Graduate Advisor, University of Minnesota), Dr. William Norris and Scott Zager (Sedges of Iowa) and Dr. Mark Widrlechner (Rubus of Minnesota). Jason has taught sedge and Rubus identification courses in the field and in lab settings, and has lead dozens of plant identification field trips to native wetland and upland habitats throughout Minnesota and adjacent states.
Register for 2026 Workshops:
Carex of Minnesota Identification Workshop
This Workshop Focuses on the Genus Carex
June 10 to 12, 2026
Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve
East Bethel, Anoka County, MN
Jason Husveth, Instructor
Cost: $650 per student
Download Carex Workshop Description and Registration Form
Rubus of Central Minnesota Identification and Ecology Workshop
July 16 and 17, 2026
Bunker Hills Regional Park
Andover, Anoka County, MN
Jason Husveth, Instructor
Cost: $400 per student
Download Rubus Workshop Description and Registration Form
Advanced Sedges of Minnesota Identification Workshop
August 5 through 7, 2026
Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve
East Bethel, Anoka County, MN
Dr. Anton Reznicek, Instructor
Cost: $650 per student
Download Advanced Sedge Workshop Description and Registration Form
Please Note:
Registration typically fills by March 31 of each year for mid June workshops. Please feel free to email Jason Husveth with questions or to arrange for registration while your payment is being processed with your employer or agency. Registration is confirmed upon receipt of full payment or purchase order.
If you cannot afford the registration fee, please contact Jason Husveth to discuss what might be possible. Fees should not be a barrier to learning, Thank you.
To Register:
Please click on the links above to navigate to the workshop registration forms you wish to attend. Download and complete the appropriate registration form and remit with your payment. Or contact Jason Husveth at jhusveth@ccesinc.com for more information and a registration form.