2024 March 23 Mini BotanyBlitz – Whiting Ranch
Mini Botany-Blitz
at Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park
Saturday March 23
Rain Cancels
Registration Closed March 15 – Filled to Capacity
DESCRIPTION
By popular demand, join OC-CNPS botanists on a Mini BotanyBlitz, as a follow-up to our big 2023 Blitz. This Blitz will be simple . . . we will survey and document plant taxa in a relatively small portion of the park, and will be especially searching for undocumented and uncollected plant taxa in our effort to further complete our UCI Herbarium – OCCNPS project The Vascular Plants of Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park.
Bring a cellphone with the iNaturalist app loaded and ready (or a GPS enabled camera) and be ready for a day out on the trails looking for species we have not yet collected at the park (see the CCH2 for our current taxa list). This will be more a plant survey than a normal educational/interpretive OCCNPS field trip – please be prepared.
We will decide on the trails and route the morning of the Blitz. We will be out for at least a few hours, so you can stay as long as you wish.
* REGISTRATION is REQUIRED by clicking here. *
Registration Closed March 15 – Filled to Capacity
LOGISTICS
Meet Time: 8 AM, March 23rd. – RAIN CANCELS
Location: Whiting Ranch North Gate on Santiago Canyon Road, about 200-300 meters past (NW) of the junction of Modjeska Grade Road.
Parking: There is roadside parking here, but it is limited.
Duration: Approx. 2.5-3 hours (could stay out longer depending on group)
Bring: Hat, water, sunscreen, copy of Whiting Ranch Checklist, notebook, wildflower book, and good hiking footwear.
Plant Intensity: Moderate.
Facilities: None.
Hike Leaders: Mel Letterman and Whiting Checklist Team