Learn bird calls and plants of the El Moro Elfin Forest in the town of Los Osos. This park on the south end of Morro Bay supports more than 200 plant species and 110 bird species in its brackish marsh, riparian woodland, pygmy oak woodland, maritime chaparral, and coastal dune scrub plant communities. Our hike […]
Enjoy a native plant walk at the Pismo Preserve in English and Spanish on Tuesday, June 20, 2023 at 9am led by the San Luis Obispo Chapter of the California Native Plant Society and the Land Conservancy of SLO County. We will hike the Spring to Spring loop trail 3.4 miles and an elevation gain […]
This fifth field trip in our manzanita series will occur in Monterey County at Fort Ord National Monument in partnership with the Monterey Bay CNPS Chapter. Called "Manzanita Heaven" by the locals, this park has many rare and endemic plants and five species or subspecies of manzanita including: Arctostaphylos hookeri ssp. hookeri, Hooker's manzanita Arctostaphylos montereyensis, Monterey manzanita Arctostaphylos pumila, […]