Sunday Wildflower Hike Flat River

Schedule

Sun Mar 20 2022 at 02:00 pm to 04:00 pm

Location

Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment | Durham, NC

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2 mile guided hike in the bend of the Flat River. The hike is not on a defined trail, but the terrain is fairly flat with some vegetation.
About this Event

The destination is a section of alluvial levee forest in the bend of the Flat River. The hike starts and ends along the gravel access roads of the food plot sub-impoundments in the floodplain of the Flat River above Falls Lake. We will walk about a half of a mile before entering the woods. Once in the woods there is no defined trail, but the terrain is relatively flat and the vegetation will be growing in and we will do a bit of bushwhacking. This site is one of the significant natural heritage sites recorded on Corps of Engineers land at Falls Lake. The shrub layer consists of spicebush, pawpaw, and painted buckeye, which will be in various stages of flowering. The forest also boasts one of the more expansive populations of Dutchman's breeches and False Rue-anemone in the region. Wear sturdy shoes and long pants, and bring gloves if you are inclined to pull out any invasive Chinese privet seedlings we are likely to encounter. During the hike we’ll talk at length about the bedrock geology, soils and soil chemistry, geomorphology and fluvial processes, and cultural history of the site, which also happens to straddle the Indian Trading Path where it crosses the Flat at a natural ford.

Directions: We will meet at the Wildlife Subimpoundment parking lot on Old Oxford Highway on the right before Lake Michie Dam Road. Here are directions to the Sub-impoundment parking lot: http://goo.gl/maps/wN3Ww

Masks are not required at this time as long as participants maintain a distance of 6 feet from others outside of the group they arrived with.

Hikes are geared towards adults, but children are welcome with an accompanying adult. Well-behaved dogs are permitted but they must be kept on leash at all times.

For questions or concerns, email [email protected]

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Where is it happening?

Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment, 5094 Old Oxford Road, Durham, United States

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