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Botany laboratory eleven on 24 March was handled with an invasive species of plants presentation . Weather inveighed against an outdoor walk. The laboratory submission is an iNaturalist observation of an invasive species .  There are five students in botany who are also in ethnobotany. With ethnobotany covering invasives the following Thursday, they were excused from the Thursday session as the presentation is the same for the two courses. There is just a difference of focus with the ethnobotany course focusing on the potential cultural impacts of invasive plant species.  Thursday, however, the weather was unexpectedly clear and sunny. The Thursday class would wind up going on a cold open field walk accompanied by a single page checklist . In retrospect the botany students could have benefitted from the field walk, but weather based decisions have to be made in the minutes ahead of class time. On Pohnpei, if you do not like the weather, wait five minutes. Blue skie...

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