
Field trip: Introduction to the Natural World Course
Field Trip 1 - Seattle Naturalists Intro Natural World Course - Carkeek Park
his 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 trees, ferns and flowers as well as other plants and animals of the Coastal Forest Life Zone.
- Sun, Apr 28, 2024
- Seattle Naturalists Committee
- Naturalist
- Adults
- Easy
- Casual
- Mileage: 1.0 mi
- 8 (8 capacity)
- 2 (2 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
This field trip will last two to three hours and will give you the chance to practice using all your senses, and tools, to appreciate and to identify flowers, trees, and ferns as well as other plants and animals. You'll learn to use your charts, tree & flower apps, and field guides
We hope to concentrate on only 30 to 40 common species in our particular place, and understand more about their role in these lowland forests.
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
Meet at 9:00AM at the Nancy Malmgren Environmental Learning Center. Parking is at the first parking area to the right soon after the entrance.
Further instructions will be provided by the leader prior to the begin date.
Required Equipment
Please dress for the weather. Feel free to bring apps and/or field guide if desired.