This field trip begins at 10 a.m.

This is not a Sierra Club sponsored event.

Jane Clark

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From: Jane Clark <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 9:25 AM
Subject: Fall flora of Dolliver State Park


> Posted by Jane Clark
>
> Iowa Native Plant Society Field Trip
> September 22  Webster County, Northwest Iowa
>
> The fall flora of Dolliver State Park should be near its peak when Deb
> Lewis leads this last field trip of the season.  Dolliver, located on the
> Des Moines Lobe and the Des Moines River, is in some ways a twin of
> Ledges State Park.  Both have a rich forest flora and beautiful
> Pennsylvanian sandstone bluffs and canyons.  However, the vegetation of
> Dolliver is more xerophytic than in Ledges or nearby Woodman Hollow State
> Preserve.
>
> In addition to the rich, mesic forests, Dolliver has a number of native
> prairie/savanna areas which are lacking at Ledges.  A study of the flora
> of this park was done in the mid-1980's by Deb and others at Iowa State
> University. This study is published as: Johnson-Groh, C., et al. 1987.
> Vegetation Communities and Flora of Dolliver State Park, Webster County,
> Iowa. Proc. Iowa Academy of Science 94(3): 84-88.
>
> Directions:
>
> A)  North route.  From U.S. Highway 20 take the Coalville/county highway
> P59 exit southeast of Ft. Dodge. Travel south on P59 to the
> T-intersection with county road D33. Turn left (east) on D33; in about 3
> miles you will be at the north entrance to the park.
>
> B)  South route.  From U.S. Highway 169  turn right (east) on Iowa State
> Highway 50 (this intersection is approximatley 5.5 miles south of U.S.
> Highway 20 at the south edge of Ft. Dodge). Travel east on 50 for 5
> miles to county road D33, turn left (north) on county road D33 for about
> 1.5 miles.  Meet at the parking area for Boneyard Hollow near the middle
> of the park.
>
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