Washington Native Plant Society: Local Chapter Field Trips

Local Chapter Field Trips

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Central Puget Sound	Olympic Peninsula
Central Washington	Salal
Columbia Basin	San Juan Islands
Koma Kulshan	South Sound
Northeast Washington	Suksdorfia
Okanogan	Wenatchee Valley

Field trips take place rain or shine, so proper clothing and footwear are essential. Trips may be strenuous or hazardous and please contact trip leaders if you have questions about degree of difficulty. Please contact field trip leaders even if you do not have questions to let them know you wish to join them on the trip. Bring water, lunch and the ten essentials (map, compass, flashlight or headlamp with spare bulbs and batteries, extra food, extra clothing and rain gear, sunglasses and sunscreen, first aid kit, pocket knife, matches in a waterproof container, and fire starter).

Times and locations are subject to change without notice. Please confirm before attending.

For a listing of accessible, barrier-free locations to view native plants see Accessible Sites for Viewing Native Plants.

For additional field trips with a focus on native plants, check this website http://www.reachone.com/columbiacoastplants

Central Puget Sound
Guidelines for compensation for drivers of carpools: $0.25 per mile per car, to be divided among the passengers. Tolls and ferry fares are additional and are to be divided among all those in the car.

Spray Park, Mt. Rainier Leader: Brianne Cohen Join us as we explore the wildflowers of Spray Park in Mount Rainier National Park. Starting at Mowich Lake, this moderate hike will take us through Old Growth forest past Spray Falls to views of the Mowich Glacier, Mount Rainier and the variety of flowers that should still be in peak bloom in this subalpine habitat. Elephant’s head (Pedicularis groenlandica), tiger lily (Lilium columbianum), mountain bog gentian (Gentiana calycosa), and Lewis’ monkey flower (Mimulus lewisii) are just a few of the wildflowers we should see. This is an overnight backpacking trip, and you will be responsible for your own backpacking equipment and food. Permits and parking passes will be required; registration is limited and carpooling will be encouraged.
Date & Time	Saturday-Sunday, Sept. 6-7, 2008
Contact	To sign up and for more information, contact Brianne Cohen at brianne.e.cohen@gmail.com or 206-465-5055.

Wild Plants of Urban Alleys -- Event Full Led by Arthur Lee Jacobson, author of Wild Plants of Greater Seattle City alleys, especially in old neighborhoods, yield an array of wild plants: a few native species (such as fireweed), many escaped garden plants (including tomatoes), and loads of weeds. Alleys often host plants that thrive with heavy nitrogen (from urine) and alkaline soil (from mortar & concrete). This tour will lead attendees on an exploration of several alleys in Seattle's University District where we’ll compile a species checklist. It will begin in front of the U.W. Burke Museum at the Erna Gunther Ethnobotanic Garden (free parking on Sunday). It will end with those who choose dropping into the College Inn Pub for a restful sip and conversation. Truly, this tour will be the best of Urban Ecology and Sociology.
Date & Time	Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008; 3:30 PM
Location	Meet in Front of the Burke Museum at the Erna Gunther Ethnobotanic Garden.
Contact	For more information and to sign up, please contact Arthur at alj@consultant.com or 206-328-8733. Event Full.

Central Washington
Field trips to be announced.

Columbia Basin
Columbia Basin Hikes

Koma Kulshan
Bald Mountain: That mysterious unexplored bump on the horizon. We got "skunked" last time we tried this too early in the season. Anyone up for a rematch, meet at 9 AM at the SE corner of the Sunset Mall parking lot.
Date & Time	Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008; 9 AM
Location	SE corner of the Sunset Mall parking lot.
Contact	Barry Wendling, 671-8403

Northeast Washington
To be announced.

Okanogan
To be announced.

Olympic Peninsula
Silver Lakes. Join a fall hike as we botanize our way up to Silver Lakes. We will follow the trail up Silver Creek to the sub-alpine bowl containing the larger lake. Time permitting, we may hike to the saddle above the lake. Bring a lunch, a northwest trail pass, and be prepared for any weather. Please call if you wish to go as trips have been cancelled due to inclement weather. Other meeting spots can be arranged.
Date & Time	Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008; 9 AM
Location	Meet at Fat Smitty's
Contact	Wendy McClure 360 779-3820 or wendymac3@embarqmail.com

Beach Walk, North from Old Fort Townsend State Park. This stretch of beach is part of a new land conservation easement in partnership with the Port Townsend Mill, the Jefferson Land Trust, the Trust for Public Lands and State Parks.
Date & Time	Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008; 9 AM-12
Location	Meet at the Old Fort Townsend State Park parking lot before 9 AM
Contact	Contact Ann Weinmann 360-379-0986 aweinmann@cablespeed.com for information about this walk.

Mosses with Lee Ellis. On Saturday we will hike the Tunnel Creek Trail as we do a field workshop on mosses. We will continue on Sunday with a trip to Gibbs Lake Bog to see mosses that grow in bogs as well as cranberries, Labrador tea and other bog specialties. The route to the bog will require a short off-trail bushwhack. Our workshop leader will be Lee Ellis, long time bryophyte specialist and past state president of the Washington Native Plant Society. (I have experienced moss workshops with Lee before and her approach is excellent and accessible to all levels of interest-fcw). This is an excellent opportunity to begin or add to your moss repertoire. Bring your moss books, mushroom books etc. A 10X hand lens is essential for the moss workshop (we will have a few extras available) a higher magnification hand lens would be even better. Also bring your lunch and appropriate field clothing (waterproof foot wear for the bog walk on Sunday). Please call ahead as our destination may change due to inclement weather.
Date & Time	Saturday-Sunday, Oct. 25-26, 2008
Location	On Saturday, meet at the Dream City Café parking lot at 9 AM (corner of Prospect Ave. and highway 19) or at Fat Smitty’s at 9:20 AM. On Sunday, meet at 9:30 AM at Dream City Café Parking Lot or at Gibbs Lake at 10 AM (first parking lot on the right on Gibbs Lake Road).
Contact	Contact Fred Weinmann at fweinmann@cablespeed.com or 379-0986 for questions or sign up.

Salal
Field trips this summer will be scheduled as snow melt and weather permit. If you would like to know about the trips as they are scheduled (generally at short notice), please send me your phone number if you want to be called, or your e-mail address. Susan Alaynick, 360-333-7437 or s_alaynick@hotmail.com

San Juan Islands
No field trips are scheduled at this time.

South Sound
South Sound Field Trip List

Suksdorfia
Mount St. Helens. Trip has been postponed and will be rescheduled later.
Date	To be determined
Contact	Ben Allinger, 360 601-0644, simo_42@hotmail.com

Moulton Falls. Details to be announced.
Date	Sunday, Sept. 28, 2008
Contact	Ben Allinger, 360 601-0644, simo_42@hotmail.com

Columbia Coast Wildflower Hikes 2008

Wenatchee Valley
No field trips are scheduled at this time.