Oak tree in Indian Valley Indian Valley Open Space Preserve Winter Plant Walk
If you have not done so already, please sign the NEW!!! Waiver for Marin Chapter 2025.
Leaders: Stacey Pogorzelski and Caroline Christman
Join us for an approximately 2-mile meander through oak woodlands and seasonal streams of the Indian Valley Preserve. We will encounter plants beginning their winter/spring growth. The area hosts valley, black, and coast live oak, madrone, bay laurel, California buckeye, understory shrubs, grasses, vines, geophytes, and annuals. We might even see some early-blooming manzanita! The trail has some steeper sections, so bring hiking poles if you use them. We will be starting out on the Pacheco Pond Fire Road, heading towards Pacheco Pond.
Directions: Meet at the College of Marin Indian Valley Campus. Go to the west entrance parking lot 5 (between Lot 5 and Lot 6). You can park in Lot 5 for free, or buy a permit for the other lots. From Lot 6, face the IVC Farm and walk to the left of the buildings. We will continue onto the Ken Harth Waterfall Trail. Accessible by Marin Transit #57.
See INaturalist plant species list
Limit of 15 attendees Heavy rain postpones/cancels.
