Field trip with the Marin chapter of the California Native Plant Society

Friday, August 6 - 10 am to 2 pm - Johnstone & Jepson Loop

Tomales Bay State Park has botanical treasures any time of the year. We’ll go from the Zen-like environment of the bishop pine forest through mixed evergreen forest to ledum swamps and decomposed granite beaches along the bay. During late summer, this trail comes alive with the fruits of fall. We will munch on huckleberries, marvel at the fruit on the California honeysuckle, search for the CNPS Listed 1B Campanula californica (marsh harebell), and have lunch at beautiful secluded Pebble Beach. ~2.5 miles Leaders: Ann & Woody Elliott

Meet at the small unmarked parking area at the top of the Jepson Trail, which is located just south of (before) the entrance to Tomales Bay State Park on Pierce Point Rd. To get there from central Marin, go out Sir Francis Drake Blvd., several miles past Inverness. At the fork in the road, bear right onto Pierce Point Rd. Drive approximately one mile to the free parking area. If you see the entrance sign to Tomales Bay State Park, you’ve gone too far, so turn around and go back 200 yards.

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FREE