OFFSITE TOUR: LeFurge Woods Nature Preserve
Enrollment: This tour is limited to 15 attendees. A waitlist will be available.
Please let the Elderwise office know if you are unable to attend this tour. This gives students on the waitlist an opportunity to join. It also helps the onsite class assistant.
Join botanist Bev Walters on a wildflower walk through LeFurge Woods just north of Ypsilanti, where the rich woodland never fails to delight the nature explorer. It is home to the typical spring wildflowers such as Trillium, Wild Ginger and various Violets, and it also harbors some of the less common species like Waterleaf, Spring Cress, and Blue Cohosh. Trails are often muddy in the spring, so wear appropriate footwear. Beverly Walters has experience both as a field botanist and a Museum Collections Manager at the University of Michigan Herbarium. Now retired, she helps maintain and improve the Herbarium's Michigan Flora Online website (https://michiganflora.net), a popular resource for plant identification. Bev pursued her botanical studies at Michigan State University. Driving directions and parking instructions will be emailed to class registrants a few days before the tour.
