Field Trip 1 - Seattle Naturalists Intro Natural World Course

Field trip: Introduction to the Natural World Course

Field Trip 1 - Seattle Naturalists Intro Natural World Course - Bridle Trails State Park

This field trip will last two to three hours and will give you the chance to practice using your charts, tree & flower apps, and field guide to identify flowers, trees, and ferns as well as other plants and animals of the Coastal Forest Life Zone.

  • Easy
  • Easy
  • Mileage: 3.5 mi

Meet at the parking lot at 10:00 AM

Here is a google map link to the park and parking area.

Or you can use the address to the parking area I have in mind! 

5300 116th Ave NE Kirkland, WA 98033.  Also, you do need a  Discover Pass to park for free, otherwise it is $10 for a day pass.

This field trip will last two to three hours and will give you the chance to practice using your charts, tree & flower apps, and field guide to identify flowers, trees,  and ferns as well as other plants and animals of the Coastal Forest Life Zone.

We hope to find some of these and may concentrate on only 30 to 40 common species in our particular place.

Trees: Douglas Fir, Western Hemlock, Red Cedar, Lodgepole Pine, Grand Fir, Yew, Red Alder, Big-leaf Maple, Vine Maple, Black cottonwood, Madrone

Shrubs: Tall Oregon Grape, Hazelnut, Red Elderberry, Common Snowberry, Red-osier dogwood, Salah, Rhododendron, Evergreen huckleberry, red huckleberry, Scot's broom, Indian plum, Pacific ninebark, Bitter cherry, Thimbleberry, Salmonberry, Wild Blackberry

Ferns: Lady Fern, Deer Fern, Spreading Wood-fern, Licorice Fern, Sword Fern, Bracken Fern

Flowers: Bleeding heart, Stinky Bob, red-flowered currant, Pacific Waterleaf, Hyacinth, False Solomon's seal, White trillium, Enchanter's nightshade, Oregon Wood-sorrel, Siberian Miner's Lettuce, Creeping Buttercup, Large-leaved avens, Cleavers

Maybe others

Maybe some birds as well!



Route/Place

Bridle Trails State Park


Roster
Required Equipment

Required Equipment

Bring your smartphone or tablet with Washington Wildflower Search, PNW Trees apps. Bring the charts for trees, ferns, and flower families. Bring a guide book if you want.

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