To kick off our Centennial Field Trip Series, Brent Mishler, Director of the University and Jepson Herbaria, led two bryology forays at the annual SO BE FREE moss and liverwort-fest of bryologists from across the country. Each morning there was a beginners’ walk to learn about bryophytes from scratch.

Organizer: Professor Mishler at bmishler@berkeley.edu

March 28 - 29, 2012

Bryology forays in Cobb Mountain area, near Clear Lake

May 11, 2012

Fort Ord, Monterey County

Tom Parker, Professor of Biology at San Francisco State University, led a moderate hike around Bear, Silver, and Long Lakes to see a variety of plants in high elevation forests and shrublands and in boggy wetlands near lakes. The total trip was about 5 miles (8 km.) with elevation changes of 600 ft. to over 1000 ft.

Organizer: Professor Tom Parker at parker@sfsu.edu.

Organizer: Professor Matt Ritter at mritter@calpoly.edu.

July 14, 2012

Gold Lake Region

Led by Professors David Keil and Matt Ritter at CalPoly, San Luis Obispo, this field trip offered rare and interesting plants, maritime chaparral, vernal pools, five species of manzanita and Contra Costa goldfields (Lasthenia conjugens).

July 15, 2012

Desert Creek Research Natural Area - Crater Lake National Park

Ecologist Jen Beck and fire ecologist Calvin Farris led a moderate hike through Sharp Desert and to a nearby peak for a landscape view (elevation gain < 800 ft. and altitude 5,000-5,800 ft.). This field trip showcased an excellent representation of unlogged and ungrazed ponderosa-lodgepole pine forest with antelope bitterbrush steppe and long-stoloned sedge. This field trip was associated with the Native Plant Society of Oregon annual meeting July 13-15, 2012.

Organizer: K. Mergenthaler at coprolitemergie@yahoo.com.