Upcoming Field Trips
Please join the Marin Chapter of the California Native Plant Society on hikes to see seasonal native plants in the field.
- All hikes are free and open to the public, so invite your friends.
- Beginning plant enthusiasts are welcome on all hikes.
- Come prepared for any type of weather or conditions, dress in layers, have non-slip footwear, and bring rain/wind protection just in case. Although it may be sunny and warm when you leave home, the weather could be cold and foggy when we reach our destination.
- Bring lunch and plenty of water, binoculars and/or hand lenses, and your favorite field guides. Field Trips may have links to CNPS Plant Lists of the area.
- For logistics we allow a maximum of 20 participants on each field trip, less if appropriate.
- Please contact hike leaders with any questions about individual hikes.
Signups and Waivers
- Please sign up for any field trips on our Meetup site. Each field trip description should have a link to its Meetup event.
- CNPS has an online system for liability waivers. Please digitally “sign” our Marin Chapter waiver NEW!!! Waiver for Marin Chapter 2025.

Olompali Wildflowers
Ring Mountain Field Trips
Introduction to Conifers & Ginkgo (Coniferophytes)
Sugarloaf Ridge State Park Sold Out
Ring Mountain Field Trips
Ring Mountain Field Trips
Website Registrations
If you have signed up for this event on this site and need to cancel, please email the event organizer.
Archive of 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
Archive of Field Trip Announcements

Chimney Rock, Point Reyes National Seashore
Chimney Rock has yielded in recent years as few as 15 and as many as 65 different species of wildflowers in bloom.

Pilot Knob and Lake Lagunitas – Postponed to March 16
Pilot Knob, Lake Lagunitas, Lagunitas Meadows Area, Sky Oaks
Thursday, March 16, 2023 10 am to 2 pm
Leader: Sherry Adams – Vegetation Ecologist, Marin Water
Early season wildflowers are in bloom!

South Slopes of Mt. Burdell – serpentine and grasslands

South Slopes of Mt. Burdell – early wildflowers of serpentine and grasslands
Saturday, February 25, 2023 10 am to 2 pm
Field trip leader – Susan Schlosser
Most years there are many early-blooming wildflowers such as little stick-seed (Blennosperma nanum var. nanum), star-lily (Toxicoscordion fremontii) and fragrant fritillary (Fritillaria liliacea).

The Bishop Pine Forest of Tomales Bay State Park

The Bishop Pine Forest of Tomales Bay State Park, Inverness
Johnstone Trail & Seahaven Shaded Fuel Break
Sunday, February 12, 2023 – 10 am to 2 pm
Leader: Tom Gaman, Inverness Forester

Evergreen Woodlands on the Inverness Fire Road
