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Plant rescue in Liberty Hill, February 17, 2024

Volunteer with usย Saturday, February 17 from 10am-1pmย in Liberty Hill as we rescue plants from a meadow site prior to construction. There is adjacent street parking available. The plant list and further details can be found on our sign up page at the button below. Note that there is an opportunity to pick up rescued bare root plants in Round Rock at 4pm for those that cannot make the rescue.

You must be a current NPSOT member (any chapter) and at least 18 to attend. (Join NPSOT or renew here.)

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Learn more about the Native Plant Rescue Project at this link.

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Rescue site.
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Salvia texana, one of the many native plant rosettes that can be rescued at the site.
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Plant rescue in SE Round Rock, February 10, 2024

Volunteer with us Saturday, February 10, 2024 from 10am-1pm in SE Round Rock as we rescue plants from a small meadow site prior to construction. There is roadside parking, but it’s a 1/5 of a mile walk on sidewalks to get to the site. The plant list and further details can be found at the SignUp link below.

You must be a current NPSOT member (any chapter) and at least 18 to attend. (Join NPSOT or renew here.)

Click here to sign up.

Learn more about the Native Plant Rescue Project at this link.

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Heterotheca canescens, Hoary False Goldenaster, can be rescued on the site.
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Trip Report: Hidden Springs Plant Survey #9

— by Cindy Chrisler

Cold weather did not deter eleven NPSOT members from conducting the January 20, 2024 plant survey at Hidden Springs Preserve.

Four sites in the preserve were scoured for signs of forbs, shrubs, and trees that are more easily identified at other times of the year.ย  Notable finds were white rosinweed, green comet milkweed, and the seed pod of a primrose.ย  This preserve will be spectacular in the spring, with firewheel, milkweeds, coneflowers, and more wildflowers that the group observed beginning to emerge.ย ย 

This is the 9th survey taken at the preserve in a series of 12 that will be conducted in each of the months of the year, taken over four years.

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Hidden Springs Preserve, January 20, 2024. Photo by Cindy Chrisler.


See photos from this field trip and others in our album=>

Field Trip Photo Album

Read more about our plant surveys at this link.