Update #2: Great walk, with showy orchids in full bloom. A writeup is on the FOHW.org website.
Update: The walk will take place as planned. Predicted rain has not materialized.
The Friends of Herrontown Woods will host a nature walk Saturday, May 4 at 9am, co-led by John L. Clark and myself. John is a botanist specializing in the flora of Ecuador. He was an associate professor of botany at the University of Alabama, but family logistics lured him to Princeton, where he joined the faculty of the Lawrenceville School in a long-titled position, the Aldo Leopold Distinguished Teaching Chair. John's also an avid birder, so feel encouraged to bring your binoculars.
Though we've been installing dozens of stepping stones to traverse muddy patches of trail, please wear appropriate shoes.
Meet at the main parking lot, off of Snowden Avenue, across from Smoyer Park. This link takes you to relevant maps.
Some wildflowers recently seen in Herrontown Woods:
Jack in the Pulpit
Spring Beauty
Mayapple--it's flowers are hidden beneath the leaves.
A profusion of skunk cabbage along a stream. When I lived in North Carolina, another species that lined streams and greened up early in the spring, painted buckeye, was reportedly used long ago by pilots to navigate before the trees leafed out.
Trout lily, which was blooming earlier in the spring.
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