SPRING FLORA RAMBLE

SPRING FLORA RAMBLE:  2:00 – 4:00 p.m., Sunday, May 3.  Anything that is “up or out” will be fair game for discussion on this easy-going ramble geared for beginners and nature enthusiasts.  Join Naturalist Robert Ayotte for a tour of Discovery Center Trails and the boardwalk at the Cedar Lake poor fen.  We’ll see tuliptree, leatherwood, wild geranium, swamp buttercup, bog laurel, starflower, buckbean, and cuckoo flower in bloom, among others.  We’ll start at the Discovery Center and walk about 2.5 miles on flat to gently rolling trails.  Wear appropriate footwear if it’s wet.  Bring your loupe (handlens).  Robert is President of the Michigan Botanical Society and has been a field technician for Michigan Natural Features Inventory and the USDA Forest Service.  Cost: $2/person or $5/family. Eddy Discovery Center, 17030 Bush Rd. in the Waterloo Recreation Area near Chelsea.  Please register for this program by emailing waterloonha@gmail.com with your name, phone number and number of people attending.  ***Program limited to 15 participants.***