Andrew Ruegsegger of the UARK Herbarium and President-Elect of the Arkansas Native Plant Society will lead this field trip to take in the spring-flowering plants at Lake Wilson. We should see a good number of spring wildflowers in flower, such as beaked trout lily, wild indigo, mayapple, and some different kinds of violets. We should also see plenty of our native trees in flower, like black locust and redbud. Level of difficulty: Easy, a fairly level trail about 2 miles long. Location: Lake Wilson can be reached from Fayetteville by turning south off of 15th St onto Morningside Dr. Follow this road for about 1.8 mi before turning left onto Wilson Hollow Rd. This can be followed all the way to Lake Wilson (do not turn right when reaching a fork in the dirt road). There will be two parking lots. When you first arrive at the lake, you’ll have the option of turning left to park at a dirt lot used for launching boats. If you continue forward you’ll reach another parking lot near a pavilion. We’ll meet there by the pavilion. The early meet time is because the pavilion parking lot will likely fill up later in the morning.