Join Rich Grumbine, Landmark College professor and author of Summer Guide to the Trees and Shrubs of Putney, Vermont, on a tree identification walk through Putney Mountain Association land on Saturday, September 17 at 9 am.  Meet in PMA’s parking area off Putney Mountain Road.  This slow walk will introduce participants to the use of a dichotomous key featured in the guide to aid in tree/shrub identification along the trail.

Copies of A Summer Guide to the Trees and Shrubs of Putney, Vermont will be made available for all participants during the walk.  After the walk, those interested may purchase copies of the guide for $15.

Sponsored by Trees for Good, Putney Mountain Association, and the Putney Conservation Commission, the walk is part of the “Big Tree Quest”, an invitation to search for Putney’s biggest trees by species category, as well as find the tree with the best “pose”, the tree that took the longest walk to find and the tree hosting the most species, among other searches.