Tour of Farview, Little Farview Prairies and mulched restoration areas – Jeff Quayle

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Tour of Farview, Little Farview Prairies and mulched restoration areas

Fort Worth Nature Center

Fort Worth, TX 76135
Saturday, April 5th
9am – 1pm

Register here: www.tickettailor.com/events/npatfortworthchapter/1563419

*This tour is offered by donations. The suggested donation amount is $5; but please donate any amount you believe this special tour is worth. Donations benefit the Native Prairies Association of Texas (conservation & land trust organization) & are non-refundable.

Join us for a tour of Farview and Little Farview Prairies at the Fort Worth Nature Center. We will also be searching for a newly discovered rare species recently described as a new species in 2007 by Dwayne Estes of the Southeastern Grasslands Initiative (SGI) that occurs at the FWNC. This rare species occurs in approximately 9 counties in North Texas, including one county in Central Texas. Grows on limestone barrens in temporary pools, sometimes lined with algae. Also, it occurs on moist stream banks on calcareous soils. According to Nature Serve, this species is known from the Lampasas Cut Plains and the Grand Prairie with about 49 locations. It has a state rank of S3. We will also check out the mulched areas where Privet occurs. Park in the parking lot next to the greenhouse and the trailhead. After stopping at the front gate, go past the buffalo range and turn left and go to the parking lot by the greenhouse. Walk back up the road to meet at 8:45am in the parking area on the west side of the buffalo range along Buffalo Road. Your observations will be automatically uploaded to the FWNC iNaturalist project.

An entry fee of $6.00 per person applies unless you have a Fort Worth Nature Center membership.

Expected species in this plant community: Dyschoriste linearis, Ruellia humilis, Yucca pallida, Allium drummondii, Allium fraseri, Rhus aromatica, Atrema americanus (Bifora americana), Polytaenia texana, Vesper macrohizus (Cymopteris macrohizus), Amsonia texana, Cirsium undulatum, Echinacea angustifolia, Engelmannia peristenia, Erigeron strigosus, Helianthus maximiliani, Hymenopappus scabiosaeus, Liatris mucronata, Lindheimera texana, Lygodesmia texana, Marshallia caespitosa, Silphium albiflorum, Tetraneuris scaposa, Pelecyphora missouriensis (Escobaria missouriensis), Stillingia texana, Astragalus crassicarpus, Dalea frutescens, Mimosa quadrivalvis, Pediomelum cuspidatum, Senna roemeriana, Nemastylis geminiflora, Hedeoma drummondii, Salvia engelmannii, Salvia farinacea, Salvia texana and Warnockia scutellarioides.