Self-Guided Plant Walks
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Self-Guided Plant Walks Washington Native Plant Society Central Puget Sound Chapter Over the course of many years, the plant walks listed in this booklet provided WNPS members with interesting outings whether it be winter, spring, summer or fall. We hope these walk descriptions will encourage you to get out and explore! These walks were published on wnps.org from 1999-2011 by the Central Puget Sound Chapter and organized by month. In 2017 they were compiled into this booklet for historical use. Species names, urls, emails, directions, and trail data will not be updated. If you are interested in traveling to a site, please call the property manager (city, county, ranger station, etc.) to ensure the trail is open and passable for safe travel. To view updated species names, visit the UW Burke Herbarium Image Collection website at http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php. Compiled October 28, 2017 Contents February .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Discovery Park Loop - February 2011 .................................................................................................................................................... 4 Sol Duc Falls - February 2010 ................................................................................................................................................................. 4 Meadowdale County Park - February 2009 ........................................................................................................................................... 5 Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge - February 2008 .............................................................................................................................. 5 Shoreview Park - February 2007 ............................................................................................................................................................ 6 Kayak Point County Park - February 2006 ............................................................................................................................................. 7 Cranberry Lake/West Beach Sand Dunes: Deception Pass State Park—February 2005 ....................................................................... 8 Scriber Lake Lynnwood– February 2004 ............................................................................................................................................... 9 Old Robe Canyon, East of Granite Falls—February 2003 ...................................................................................................................... 9 Big Ditch Slough, North of Stanwood—February 2002 ....................................................................................................................... 10 Far Country Trail, Cougar Mountain Regional Park, Issaquah - February 2001 ................................................................................... 11 March ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 13 Phil's Creek Trail - Squak Mountain, Issaquah — March 2011 ............................................................................................................ 13 Boulder River Trail — March 2010 ...................................................................................................................................................... 13 Pass Lake — March 2008 ..................................................................................................................................................................... 14 Southwest Park, Edmonds — March 2007 .......................................................................................................................................... 14 Twin Falls Natural Area — March 2006 ............................................................................................................................................... 15 Buck Island/ Al Borlin Park — March 2004 .......................................................................................................................................... 16 Tolt River John MacDonald Park in Carnation — March 2003 ............................................................................................................ 17 Redmond Watershed Preserve— March 2002 .................................................................................................................................... 18 Cowiche Canyon, Yakima Area— March 2001 .................................................................................................................................... 19 April ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 21 The Wilderness Creek Trail at Cougar Mountain — April 2010 ........................................................................................................... 21 Whistle Lake — April 2009 .................................................................................................................................................................. 21 Goose Rock and Pass Island — April 2008 ........................................................................................................................................... 22 Squires Lake —April 2007 .................................................................................................................................................................... 23 Youth-on-Age Interpretive Trail — April 2006 ..................................................................................................................................... 23 Swan Creek Ravine in Pierce County—April 2003 ............................................................................................................................... 24 Cougar Mountain Regional Wildland Park—Marshall Hill Trail, DeLeo Wall and Redtown Meadow — April 2002 ........................... 25 Far Hayward Hill, Cle Elum Area — April 2001 .................................................................................................................................... 26 May .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 27 Federation Forest State Park — May 2009.......................................................................................................................................... 27 Hayward Hill — May 2008 ................................................................................................................................................................... 27 Sharpe Park — May 2007 .................................................................................................................................................................... 28 Lord Hill Park Rocky Bald — May 2002 ................................................................................................................................................ 29 Rattlesnake Ledge— May 2001 ........................................................................................................................................................... 30 A Victory for Native Plants (Echo/Cedar Mountain) — May 2000 ...................................................................................................... 31 June .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 32 Lake Crescent: The Storm King Trail — June 2010 .............................................................................................................................. 32 South Heart Lake, a 1.65 Mile Loop on Trails 212, 210, 243 — June 2009 ......................................................................................... 32 Squak Mountain—The C3 Valley Connector Trail — June 2008 .......................................................................................................... 33 Wonderland Trail to Kautz Creek, Mount Rainier National Park— June 2007 .................................................................................... 34 Phelps Creek & Spider Meadows— June-August 2006 ....................................................................................................................... 34 Greider Lakes Trail, Upper Sultan Basin NRCA — June 2004 ............................................................................................................... 35 Moss Lake County Park — June 2002 .................................................................................................................................................. 36 Big Four Meadows and Ice Caves, North Cascades — June 2001 ....................................................................................................... 37 Larrabee State Park, South of Bellingham—June 2000 ......................................................................................................................