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Field Trip 3 - Seattle Naturalists Intro Natural World Course

Field trip: Introduction to the Natural World Course

Field Trip 3 - Seattle Naturalists Intro Natural World Course - DeRoux Creek-Gallagher Head Lake

Teanaway River area. We will be identifying the flowers, shrubs, and birds that inhabit the east slopes of the Cascades.

Contacts

Thomas Bancroft
Thomas Bancroft
Primary Leader
  • Easy/Moderate
  • Easy
  • Mileage: 8.0 mi
  • Elevation Gain: 300 ft

Meet at 7 AM at the 65st Park and Ride. Carpooling from 65street Park and Ride, under the I 5 overpass. Meet at the far north.  More information on logistics later.

 

The mountains surrounding the North Fork of the Teanaway River are often sunny when it is raining in Seattle. Plus they offer acres of beautiful wildflower meadows, making this an ideal field trip destination to practice wildflower identification. Also, many shrubs and at least nine kinds of trees are present. After this field trip you may identify these species and more:

1. Jeffrey’s Shooting Star
2. Carpenter Ant
3. Pale Tiger Swallowtail
4. Spreading Phlox
5. Ponderosa Pine
6. Western Serviceberry
7. Spreading Stonecrop
8. Western Tanager
9. Yellow-rumped Warbler
10. Common Witch’s Hair
11. Engelmann Spruce
12. Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel

Route/Place

DeRoux Creek-Gallagher Head Lake

Roster
Required Equipment

Required Equipment

guide book

day hiking gear

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