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Native Plant Walk at Southwest Nature Preserve - Arlington


Native Plant Walk at Southwest Nature Preserve, Arlington

Master Naturalists Jan Miller and Jim Varnum announde they will be conducting a native plant walk at Arlington's Southwest Nature Preserve on Saturday, April 21 at 2:00 PM.  Southwest Nature Preserve is a 60-acre natural area with forest, meadows, sandstone outcrops and a lake.  Consider it an oasis of natural-ness in the DFW Metroplex.

We might see Common woodisa fern (Woodsia obtusa), Engelmann's Adder's-Tongue fern Ophioglossum engelmannii), Butterfly weed (milkweed) (Asclepias tuberosa subsp), Whorled milkweed (Asclepias verticillata), Common least aster (Chaetopappa asteroides), Sicklepod (Arabis canadensis), Farkle-berry (Vaccinium arboreum), Bottle brush (Plantago aristata), Flameflower (Talinum sp.), Texas toadflax (Nuttallanthus texanus), Glen Rose yucca (Yucca necopina).  It's a Rare plant of Texas!  And many others.

RSVP not required.  Email Jan at jgmiller5594@sbcglobal.net or Jim at jevarnum@aol.com for directions.

Bird and butterfly folks are invited, too.
Map link:

Southwest Nature Preserve
(see below for link to location)
Arlington, TX 76001
United States

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