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From: Kathy Bilton <kathy@...>
Date: Oct 3, 2007 11:28 AM
Subject: (BSW) Field Trip -- Rock Creek Park, D.C., 2:00 p.m. Sat Nov
3, 2007 (fwd)
To: Botanical Society <terr60@...>


Bot. Soc. Wash. Kids & Everyone Field Trip -- Rock Creek Park, D.C., 2:00
p.m. Sat Nov 3, 2007.
Full announcement is at http://www.botsoc.org/rockcreek.html, text only
(no links) below:

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Botanical Society of Washington

Kids & Everyone Field Trip

Rock Creek Park, D.C.

Fall-Foliage Diversity, Bedrock Geology,

and a Biogeographic Question

Saturday November 3rd, 2007, 2:00 p.m.

Larry Morse

Field Trip Leader

The Botanical Society of Washington is planning an easy-going field trip
for kids, old-timers, and everyone else to the Pierce Mill area of Rock
Creek Park (Washington, D.C.) on Saturday November 3rd, 2007, starting at
2:00 p.m.

Rock Creek cuts deeply into the complex Piedmont bedrock here; a geologist
may be able to join us to help relate bedrock, landforms, and vegetation.
Fall colors should be conspicuous along the easy trails, and kids (and
others) will have the chance to study fallen leaves and fruits and match
them with nearby trees. We will particularly watch for stands of one
familiar tree species, native nearby, which may (or may not) be native in
the District itself.

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Meet at the NPS Visitor Center at Pierce Mill at 2:00 p.m. By car, from
Connecticut Ave., take Tilden St. for ½ mile east (and steeply downhill) to
the old mill; Tilden is north of Porter and south of Van Ness and
Albemarle. By Metro, exit at Van Ness/UDC, and walk south on Conn. to
Tilden, then east down into the Park.

Topo: TopoZone Pierce Mill Street Map & Aerial:
MapQuest Tilden NPS Park Info: Rock Creek

D.C. Piedmont Geology Intro: Zoo Geol Examples: Pied DC NVCC Rock
Dates & Events (Tech.): Tonalite

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Please direct any questions and/or RSVP likely participation to Larry Morse
at:
Larry.E.Morse@... or at (202)-543-2488. BSW field
trips are open to the interested public.
-- LEM 2 Oct 200

--
Nancy Adamson
Doctoral Student
Entomology Department
216A Price Hall, MC 0319
Blacksburg, VA 24061
tel: 540-231-6498
email: nladamson@...