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  • Sign at Quail Hollow Ranch State Park
    Past events

    Past Field Trip to Quail Hollow Ranch County Park

    May 28, 2025August 1, 2025

    Quail Hollow Ranch County Park Field Trip
    Tuesday, June 17, 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

    Quail Hollow Ranch is our nicest county park. It has sandhills, re…

  • Walking through lupines at Bonny Dune
    Past events

    Past Field Trip to Bonny Doon Ecological Reserve

    May 6, 2025August 1, 2025

     

    This field trip was held on Tuesday, May 20, 2025 with Andy Werner as leader. It’s a dry year, but some areas of the Bonny Doon Ecologic…

  • Past events

    Past Winter Field Trips

    February 28, 2025August 1, 2025

    Even in winter, it’s great to get outside with other plant lovers, whether to a park, a preserve, or the beach. Our February field trips included a fi…

  • Azolla sp., Cyperus erythrorhizos, Rorippa palustris, Lindernia dubia Photos: Dan Antonaccio
    Past events

    Past Field Trip: Sanborn County Park – Lake Ranch Reservoir, September 2026

    January 26, 2025September 22, 2026

    Leader and affiliation: Dan Antonaccio, Field Trip Coordinator CNPS Santa Cruz Chapter

    Trip description: 

    Dan Antonaccio provided a fieldtrip to…

  • San Francisco wall flower, Erysimum franciscanum
    Past events

    Past Field Trip March 25, 2026 to Máyyan ‘Ooyákma – Coyote Ridge

    January 21, 2025September 22, 2026

    On Wednesday, March 25, Joerg Lohse and Dan Antonaccio hosted a field trip to Máyyan ‘Ooyákma – Coyote Ridge, Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority.…

  • Large-flowered mariposa lily
    Past events

    Past field trip: Twin Gates Coastal Prairies Marshall Field

    January 20, 2025September 22, 2026

    Past Field Trip Tuesday, April 28th, 2026   Leader: Dan Antonaccio, CNPS-Santa Cruz County Field Trip Coordinator

    Twin Gates Coastal Prairies: Mars…

  • Leopard lily, Lilium pardalinum. Photo: Dan Antonaccio
    Past events

    Past Field Trip Henry Cowell SP, Fall Creek July 2026

    January 17, 2025September 22, 2026

    Evening Field Trip to Henry Cowell SP – Fall Creek Unit

    Saturday, July 11, 2026
    5:30 pm – ~8:00 pm
    Leader: Dan Antonaccio, Field Trip Coordina…

  • Lady's tresses orchid
    Past events

    Past Field Trip: Hooded Lady’s Tresses Orchids, Fort Ord National Monument

    January 2, 2025September 22, 2026

     Fort Ord National Monument, Tuesday, July 7, 2026

    Leader and affiliation: Andy Werner, CNPS member and botanist 

    Andy Werner hosted a field tri…

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