Category Archives: Field Trips
Dripping Springs Field Trip a Perfect Ten on the BOP Scale
May 11, 10 a.m., a Saturday morning that couldn’t have been prettier, we gathered for the Ouachita Mountain Boys’ walk to Dripping Springs just north of Hot Springs. The rendezvous place was across the road from Kai Schulz’s house, and … Continue reading
ANPS Field Trip on May 18 to Blackland Prairies
Join Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission botanist Theo Witsell on a return field trip to explore and inventory two of the state’s highest quality blackland prairie remnants. We will meet at Terre Noire Natural Area near Arkadelphia at 9:30 am. We’ll … Continue reading
ANPS Field Trip on May 16 to see the Ouachita Huckleberries
Field trips of the Arkansas Native Plant Society are for current and future members. (That’s right: Everyone is welcome!) Botanists from around the state lead these enjoyable and informative walks. If you are planning to attend, please inform the trip … Continue reading
ANPS Field Trip on May 22 to Petit Jean Mountain State Park
Field trips of the Arkansas Native Plant Society are for current and future members. (That’s right: Everyone is welcome!) Botanists from around the state lead these enjoyable and informative walks. If you are planning to attend, please inform the trip … Continue reading
ANPS Field Trip on May 11 to Dripping Springs in Hot Springs
Field trips of the Arkansas Native Plant Society are for current and future members. (That’s right: Everyone is welcome!) Botanists from around the state lead these enjoyable and informative walks. Be sure to contact the trip leader so they will … Continue reading
ANPS Field Trip on April 14 to Cossatot River State Park
Field trips of the Arkansas Native Plant Society are for current and future members. (That’s right: Everyone is welcome!) Botanists from around the state lead these enjoyable and informative walks. Uncertain of the weather? Call the trip leader. Sunday, April … Continue reading
I ♥ Champion Trees
Arkansas’ champion trees are the biggest of their kind within the state. Each species has a champion. The Arkansas Forestry Commission keeps score, posting the current champions on its website and maintaining a list of runners up, close competitors that can gain the title if the current monarch falls or passes on to the Elysian forests. Continue reading
High in the Holler: Field Trip to Petit Jean Mountain’s Seven Hollows Area
Arkansas Native Plant Society members ventured into the wilds of Natural Bridge Hollow on Petit Jean Mountain to see recent finds of Ozark Chinquapin (Castanea pumila v. ozarkensis, or Castanea ozarkensis). Continue reading
October 24, 2012, Field Trip to the Champion Trees of Mount Holly Cemetery
Arkansas Native Plant Society Field Trip on Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at 10 am. Eric Sundell will lead a leisurely botanical stroll in Little Rock’s historic Mount Holly Cemetery, where several of the splendid shade trees are thought to date … Continue reading
October 20, 2012, Field Trip to SW AR Blackland Prairies
Arkansas Native Plant Society Field Trip to Southwest Arkansas Blackland Prairies: Saturday, October 20 Join Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission botanist Theo Witsell on a field trip to explore and inventory two of the state’s highest quality blackland prairie remnants. We … Continue reading
