Meet at the Parking Lot of Bluffton House across from Double-Drop Falls Trailhead at 1:00 on Wednesday, 29 May.

The objective is to check and catalog growth of Ozark Chinquapins that have been planted and tubed earlier this spring. One site is easily accessible with the other two sites being off-trail. Join us for one or all the site check(s). We will also try to work in a seed collection for Woodland Phlox (follow link below to Sid’s ANPS article) and check the Native Habitat/pollinator plots.

https://anps.org/2019/01/19/know-your-natives-woodland-phlox/

These are experimental plantings whose sites were chosen by assessing positive environmental factors for natural growth with minimal intervention. The trees will be monitored but mostly left to nature unless conditions may require periodic watering.

Please bring water and good hiking boots with ankle support.

Directions:

About 6.0 miles north of the Hwy 65/09 intersection in Clinton on Hwy 65, take County Road 79/Watergate Road (600 feet north and across from Botkinburg Foursquare Church – Correctly located on Google). Continue down Watergate Road (keep right at the fork) and watch for the Double-Drop Falls sign (35.653407,-92.525950), proceed approximately 50 feet, turn right into driveway and continue to the parking in front of Bluffton House (coordinates: 35.652746,-92.527426 - copy and paste into Google Earth or Maps).


Call Robert with any questions or if you would like to carpool/caravan at 501-733-4019.