Field trip: Introduction to the Natural World Course
Field Trip 1 - Seattle Naturalists Intro Natural World Course - Wolf Creek Nature Trail
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.
- Wed, Apr 3, 2019
- Seattle Naturalists Committee
- Naturalist
- Adults
- Easy
- 7 (10 capacity)
- FULL (2 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
Meet at 5:30 PM at the Wolf Tree Nature Trail in Discovery Park. The trailhead is in the Northwest corner of the North Parking lot.
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!
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.