What an exciting field trip on only the 2nd and 3rd day of school! What better way to learn about native northwest plants than to walk to nearby Seward Park and go on a scavenger in the forest? The 4th and 5th grade will be learning a lot about native plants, native trees, and invasive plants with new garden coordinator Anthony Warner. To see the cards used for native plant identification on the scavenger hunt go to http://wnps.org/education/resources/plantid_cn.html
A sunny walk through Seward Park 9/5/08
The plants the students looked for were:
Salmonberry, Thimbleberry, Oceanspray, Stinging Nettle, Sword Fern, Indian Plum, Dull Oregon Grape, Tall Oregon Grape, Common Miner’s Lettuce, Trailing Blackberry, Salal,
Trees: Western Red Cedar, Red Alder, Douglas Fir, Pacific Madrone, Big Leaf Maple
Invasives: English Ivy and Himalayan Blackberry
