Westpoint Prairie Bioblitz

Name: Westpoint Prairie Bioblitz
Start: 2025-11-22T09:00:00-06:00
Location: WEST LOOP 820 SOUTH AT WESTPOINT BLVD

Schedule

Sat, 22 Nov, 2025 at 09:00 am

UTC-06:00

Location

WEST LOOP 820 SOUTH AT WESTPOINT BLVD | Fort Worth, TX

Join the Fort Worth chapter of the Native Prairies Association of Texas (FW-NPAT) and the North Central Chapter of NPSOT for a morning exploration of the Westpoint Prairie in West Fort Worth. This prairie is a high-quality remnant and diverse, with some unique species for North Texas. Jeff Quayle, a field trip leader for FW-NPAT will lead the prairie tour to help document the biodiversity at the Westpoint Prairie. Participants will be focusing on collecting valuable data for natural resource management using iNaturalist observations.
This prairie remnant is on private property, with permission from the landowner to have a BioBlitz there. The owner will require signing two liability waivers on site.
LOCATION: https://goo.gl/maps/bgLPSTmUDTFsBtYQ7
Use this link for the address (Facebook does not recognize the location and is adding an address that is incorrect)
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED and a $5 donation is suggested that will benefit the Native Prairies Association of Texas.
https://texasprairie.org/event/fw-westpoint-bioblitz-nov2025/
*For any questions or if you need to cancel after the deadline, contact Jeff Quayle at [email protected]
Below is a list of just a few of the uncommon, rare, and unique species found here.
Camassia scilloides, Funastrum crispum, Dalea frutescens, Argythamnia mercurialina, Helenium elegans, Silphium albiflorum, Castilleja purpurea, Eustoma russellianum, Zanthoxylum hirsutum, Setaria reverchonii, Warnockia scutellarioides, Crataegus crus-galli, Cyclospermum leptophyllum, Salvia texana, Salvia farinacea, Salvia engelmannii, Scutellaria drummondii, Oenothera capillifolia, Glandularia bipinnitifida, Houstonia nigricans, Gaillardia pulchella, Liatris mucronata, Escobaria missouriensis, Yucca arkansana, Yucca pallida, Asclepias viridis, Asclepias asperula, Oenothera macrocarpa, Oenothera glaucifolia, Eriogonum longifolium, Paronychia virginica, Penstemon cobaea, Stillingia texana, Achillea gracilis, Linum pratense, Callirhoe pedata, Cirsium undulatum, Grindelia lanceolata, Monarda citriodora, Schizachyrium scoparium, Andropogon gerardii, Panicum virgatum, Sorghastrum nutans, Aristida purpurea, Erioneuron pilosum and Bouteloua curtipendula.