Field Trip Reports
Field Trip Reports -February, 2025 Vegetation Time Travelling & Winter Wonderland Walk in SP Taylor SP
Vegetation Time Traveling(Plant Succession) - 2/12/2025Ann Elliott Understanding plant succession helps to explain how vegetative landscapes change and function.Plants first establish themselves on new land or exposed rock, as after a volcanic eruption. They can...
Field Trip Report – Indian Valley Open Space Preserve, January 4, 2025
By Caroline Christman Participants in the Indian Valley Open Space Preserve plant walk were treated to a misty morning that blossomed into a lovely, sunny day. After we met at the Indian Valley College Campus, we walked past Pacheco Pond to the Ken Harth Waterfall...
Field Trip Report – Abbotts Lagoon, August 17, 2024
By Lena Zentall A small group of seven set off in the mist to explore Abbotts Lagoon on Saturday August 17, 2024. Our journey started with several patches of ghostly cobwebby thistle (Cirsium occidentale) in its final bloom. Coyote brush (Baccharis pilularis) was...
Report on the Field Trip to Bull Point, July 20, 2024
Report on the Field Trip: Laguna Trail/Fire Lane Trail/Coast Camp/Santa Maria Beach/Coast Trail/Laguna Trailhead
By Susan Schlosser
Report on the Field Trip to the Laguna Trail
Report on the Field Trip: Laguna Trail/Fire Lane Trail/Coast Camp/Santa Maria Beach/Coast Trail/Laguna Trailhead
By Susan Schlosser
Selected Highlights of the April 16, 2022 Field Trip to Jepson Prairie
Selected Highlights of the April 16, 2022 Field Trip to Jepson Prairie
Field Trip Leaders: Charlie Russell and Russ Huddleston, Solano Land Trust
Field trip Report: by Susan Schlosser
Articles Index
Field Trip Reports -February, 2025 Vegetation Time Travelling & Winter Wonderland Walk in SP Taylor SP
Vegetation Time Traveling(Plant Succession) - 2/12/2025Ann Elliott Understanding plant succession helps to explain how vegetative landscapes change and function.Plants first establish themselves on new land or exposed rock, as after a volcanic eruption. They can...
Field Trip Report – Indian Valley Open Space Preserve, January 4, 2025
By Caroline Christman Participants in the Indian Valley Open Space Preserve plant walk were treated to a misty morning that blossomed into a lovely, sunny day. After we met at the Indian Valley College Campus, we walked past Pacheco Pond to the Ken Harth Waterfall...
Field Trip Report – Abbotts Lagoon, August 17, 2024
By Lena Zentall A small group of seven set off in the mist to explore Abbotts Lagoon on Saturday August 17, 2024. Our journey started with several patches of ghostly cobwebby thistle (Cirsium occidentale) in its final bloom. Coyote brush (Baccharis pilularis) was...
Report on the Field Trip to Bull Point, July 20, 2024
Report on the Field Trip: Laguna Trail/Fire Lane Trail/Coast Camp/Santa Maria Beach/Coast Trail/Laguna Trailhead
By Susan Schlosser
Report on the Field Trip to the Laguna Trail
Report on the Field Trip: Laguna Trail/Fire Lane Trail/Coast Camp/Santa Maria Beach/Coast Trail/Laguna Trailhead
By Susan Schlosser
Selected Highlights of the April 16, 2022 Field Trip to Jepson Prairie
Selected Highlights of the April 16, 2022 Field Trip to Jepson Prairie
Field Trip Leaders: Charlie Russell and Russ Huddleston, Solano Land Trust
Field trip Report: by Susan Schlosser
Report on the March 5, 2022 Field Trip to the Novato Baylands Nursery
Report on the March 5, 2022 Field Trip to the Novato Baylands Nursery & Hamilton Wetlands Restoration
Field Trip Report: by Susan Schlosser
Turtleback Trail, China Camp State Park
Turtleback Trail, China Camp State Park
Marin CNPS Field Trip, Sunday November 14, 2021
On a foggy and cold morning, we started our field trip at the Turtleback Trailhead in China Camp State Park. Ann and Woody Elliot lead the way.
Report on the July 20-21, 2019 Field Trip to the Gold Lakes Basin
Report on the July 20-21, 2019 Field Trip to the Gold Lakes Basin
Led by Susan Chalpin, Redbud Chapter of CNPS
Written by Susan Schlosser
Report on the May 5, 2019 Field Trip to Mt. Tamalpais
Report on the May 5, 2019 trip to Mt. Tamalpais
led by Terry Gosliner
Report on the August 5, 2018 trip to the Modini Preserve
Report on the Feb. 10, 2018 Field Trip Along the Estero Trail
Report on the Feb. 10, 2018 Field Trip Along the Estero Trail
by S. Schlosser, C. Longstreth, and W. Elliot
Report on the August 6, 2017 Field Trip to Kehoe Beach
Late Summer Coastal Wildflowers
A Field Trip to Kehoe Beach led by Doreen Smith
Report on the July 13, 2017 Field Trip to Bull Point
Summer Botany at Bull Point
Field Trip to Bull Point, led by Marin County Open Space Naturalist, Shannon Burke
Earth Day, April 22, 2017 at Leiss Ranch
Earth Day at Leiss Ranch
Report on the Milo Baker Field Trip to Salt Point State Park and Sea Ranch May 6-8, 2017
Salt Point and Sea Ranch
Report on the February 25, 2017 Field Trip to Carson Ridge and Falls
Report on the January 21, 2017 Bryophyte Field Trip to Alpine and Bon Tempe Lakes
Report on the August 14, 2016 Field Trip to Tomales Bay State Park
Report on the July 23, 2016 Field Trip to Abbotts Lagoon
Report on the July 9, 2016 Field Trip to the Gary Giacomini Open Space Preserve
Report on the June 26, 2016 Field Trip to Bull Point
Report on the June 18, 2016 Field Trip to the Nicasio Highlands
Report on the May 10, 2016 Field Trip to Audubon Canyon Ranch’s Modini Mayacamas Preserve
Report on the May 7, 2016 Field Trip to Missimer Preserve, Snell Valley, and Butts Canyon Rd.
Report on the February 28, 2016 Field Trip to Mt. Burdell
Report on the November 21, 2015 Field Trip to Rock Spring
Report on the 2015 September 19 Field Trip to the Jepson-Johnstone Trail
2015 July 24 Plant Safari to Lake Lagunitas
2015 June 12 Plant Safari to Big Carson Canyon
2015 April 16 Field Trip to Bull Point
2015 May 10 Field Trip to Abbotts Lagoon
2015 May 2 Field Trip to the Cedars
2015 March 29 Field Trip to Mt. Burdell
2015 March 8 Field Trip to Mount Burdell
2015 March 6 Field Trip to Chimney Rock
2014 September 19 Field Trip to Tomales Bay State Park
2014 August 31 Field Trip to Kehoe Beach
2014 June 22 Field Trip to the Dunes at Abbotts Lagoon
2014 June 7 Field Trip to the Cedars
2014 May 25 Field Trip to Abbotts Lagoon
2014 April 26 CalBotSoc Visit to the Tiburon Peninsula
