BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Tijuana BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241103T010000 RDATE:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 RDATE:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T010000 RDATE:20270314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20271107T010000 RDATE:20280312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240523T093000 RDATE:20241103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 RDATE:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 RDATE:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20270314T030000 RDATE:20271107T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:fd35ffb3bd6385c7cbfc114301b112ae CATEGORIES:Field Trips CREATED:20250419T043151 SUMMARY:Beginner’s Walk North Whitehouse Trail to Franklin Point (part of Año Nuevo State Park, Hwy 1) LOCATION:Franklin Point (part of Año Nuevo State Park\, Hwy 1) DESCRIPTION:Join co-leaders Toni Gregorio-Bunch and Vicki Silvas-Young on a short begin ners walk to botanize and picnic at Franklin Point, located in the northern part of the Año Nuevo State Park on the San Mateo County coast. We will be exploring the surroundings as we walk to Franklin Point, which is the most botanically interesting area of the park.\nSome of the coastal prairie flo ra we expect to see includes silver bur ragweed (Ambrosia chamissonis), Cal ifornia goldenbush (Ericameria ericoides), coastal sagewort (Artemisia pycn ocephala), and Argentina anserina (Potentilla anserina). Expected dune flor a includes yellow sand verbena (Abronia latifolia), pink sand verbena (Abro nia umbellata) and American dunegrass (Eleymus mollis). In the coastal scru b community expected species are bee plant (Scrophularia californica), coas t buckwheat (Eriogonum latifolium), maybe sea cliff bluff lettuce (Dudleya farinosa) and fleshy jaumea (Jaumea carnosa).\nBring your choice of optics and layers of clothing for variable coastal conditions including wind, sun,  precipitation and fog. We will be walking on sand dunes for short stretche s of this 3-mile hike. For dining on the beach bring food, fluids and somet hing to sit on. Note that there are no bathrooms at Franklin Point. However , flush toilets are located at the main parking lot of Año Nuevo State Park , which will require payment to enter to use the facilities.\nRSVP is requi red to join us for the walk. No drop-ins please and space is limited. Pleas e visit our Chapter’s Meetup page, here: www.meetup.com/California-Native-P lant-Society-Santa-Clara-Valley-Chapter/ (https://www.meetup.com/California -Native-Plant-Society-Santa-Clara-Valley-Chapter/). We open the RSVPs one w eek before the event. Find your event within the page and tap/click the “At tend” button to reserve your spot.\nDriving directions and parking tips are provided on our Chapter’s Meetup page.\nBefore signing up, please read the Año Nuevo State Park Welcome page at www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=523 (https: //www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=523). For more information, please contact Toni at 408-373-4497 or Vicki at This email address is being protected from spa mbots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. document.getElementById( 'cloake848cd23ea3e93a64bd721f72ecc05bf').innerHTML = ''; var prefix = ' ma' + 'il' + 'to'; var path = 'hr' + 'ef' + '='; var addye848cd23ea3e93a64bd721f72ecc05bf = 'mrnngwrblr' + '@'; addye84 8cd23ea3e93a64bd721f72ecc05bf = addye848cd23ea3e93a64bd721f72ecc05bf + 'gm& #97;il' + '.' + 'com'; var addy_texte848cd23ea3e93a64bd72 1f72ecc05bf = 'mrnngwrblr' + '@' + 'gmail' + '.' + 'co ;m';document.getElementById('cloake848cd23ea3e93a64bd721f72ecc05bf').innerH TML += ''+addy_texte848cd23ea3e93a64bd721f72ecc05bf+''; . \n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join co-leaders Toni Gregorio-Bunch and Vicki Silvas-Young on a short beginners walk to botanize and picnic at Franklin Point, loca ted in the northern part of the Año Nuevo State Park on the San Mateo County coast. We will be exploring the surroundings as we walk to Fran klin Point, which is the most botanically interesting area of the park .

Some of the coastal prairie flora we expect to see inclu des silver bur ragweed (Ambrosia chamissonis), California  goldenbush (Ericameria ericoides), coastal sagewort (Artemis ia pycnocephala), and Argentina anserina (Potentilla anserina). Expected dune flora includes yellow sand verbena (Abronia lati folia), pink sand verbena (Abronia umbellata) and American dunegrass (Eleymus mollis). In the coastal scrub communi ty expected species are bee plant (Scrophularia californica), c oast buckwheat (Eriogonum latifolium), maybe sea cliff bluff le ttuce (Dudleya farinosa) and fleshy jaumea (Jaumea carnosa).

Bring your choice of optics and layers of clothing fo r variable coastal conditions including wind, sun, precipitation and fog. We will be walking on sand dunes for short stretches of this 3-mile hike. For dining on the beach bring food, fluids and something to sit on. Note that there are no bathrooms at Franklin Point. However , flush toilets are located at the main parking lot of Año Nuevo  State Park, which will require payment to enter to use the facilities.

RSVP is required to join us for the walk. No drop-ins&nbs p;please and space is limited. Please visit our Chapter’s Meetup pa ge, here: www.meetup.com/California-Native-Plant -Society-Santa-Clara-Valley-Chapter/. We open the RSVPs one week&nbs p;before the event. Find your event within the page and tap /click the “Attend” button to reserve your spot.

Drivin g directions and parking tips are provided on our  ;Chapter’s Meetup page.

Bef ore signing up, please read the Año Nuevo State Park  Welcome page at www. parks.ca.gov/?page_id=523. For more inform ation, please contact Toni at 408-373-4497 or Vicki at This email address is being protected fro m spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. 

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