Join The New England Botanical Club and explore interesting places with great plants, led by local expert botanists. Trips for June, July and August, 2017, are planned, and participants must contact the trip leader 1 week in advance. The first summer trip will take place Saturday, June 17 to Arcadia Wildlife Management Area in West Greenwich, Rhode Island.
Arcadia WMA is one of the largest natural areas in the state. It includes a diverse array of habitats such as sandy pitch pine, oak/hickory/white pine forest, some forested wetlands, rivers, and Rhode Island’s only black spruce bog. We will focus on the Pine Top section, in the vicinity of Escoheag Hill in West Greenwich. There are some rich mesic forested areas with sugar maple; some early successional forest periodically cut; an old gravel parking lot being maintained as early successional habitat with some sandy, bog-like areas. We’ll also visit some forested seeps near the base of the hill, along the Wood River. Level of Difficulty -Moderate. We’ll be off-trail in a variety of habitats. Trip Leader: Tim Whitfeld (Timothy_Whitfeld@brown.edu) and Doug McGrady. Tim will send meeting time, location, and directions to those who register for the trip. Bring lunch, water, insect repellent, and if you wish, plant field guides, hand lens, etc. Photo by Davis Hunter.
