This is a field trip being held by the Halifax Field Naturalists
Join the NS Wild Flora Society’s President Charles Cron to explore the botany along a hiking trail in the St. Margaret’s Bay Area.
We’ll begin with a first fen at an old saw mill site described as a true fen surrounded by old spruce woods. The second fen has intact mature spruce woods and a recent clear-cut. Trilliums and Stemless Lady’s Slippers will be in bloom at this time. Rubber boots will be necessary!
Rain Date: Sunday June 9nd
Contact: Carol Klar, cklar@bellaliant.net, 443-3385
Time/place: 10:00 a.m. in the parking lot of Tim Horton’s near the Sobey’s gas bar, at Exit 5 off Hwy 103.
Duration: 2 hours
Difficulty: Easy to moderate
