BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Tijuana BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20221106T010000 RDATE:20230312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T010000 RDATE:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD 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:20221104T110000 RDATE:20221106T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230312T030000 RDATE:20231105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 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:6900261d742f3f80e205c3b82df42645 CATEGORIES:Field Trips CREATED:20230824T132420 SUMMARY:Berries for Birds: A Beginner’s Plant ID & Habitat Walk LOCATION:Rancho Cañada del Oro Open Space Preserve (Morgan Hill) DESCRIPTION:Fall is the time when seeds and fruit of many native plants ripen and matur e. This coincides with the start of the wet season, maximizing the potentia l for germination and propagation of the species. The fruit and seed bonanz a sustains a wide variety of wildlife, including many types of birds and ma mmals. Some fauna play a key role in the dispersal and improved germination of these plants.\nJoin Arvind Kumar and Ashok Jethanandani on this beginne r’s plant ID and habitat walk to look for a variety of native berries and f ruit such as oak acorns, bay laurel nuts, buckeye nuts, holly-leaved cherri es and a wide range of berries: madrone, manzanita, toyon, poison oak, coff eeberry, honeysuckle, elderberry, redberry and snowberry. Beginners interes ted in plant identification are welcome; prior knowledge of native plants o r botany is not required.\nNote: we will focus on the wildlife value of the se fruits, not on their edibility for humans. Picking plant material of any kind is prohibited in Open Space Authority lands.\nWear good hiking shoes. Bring a hat, a bag lunch and plenty of water/fluids. Drinking water is not available in the preserve. Dress in layers, and appropriately for late fal l weather. Heavy rain cancels. We will walk the Mayfair Ranch Trail-Longwal l Canyon Trail loop. The distance covered is 4.3 miles with 500’ of elevati on gain. Meet in the preserve parking lot at 10am.\nSpace is limited. No dr op-ins please. To complete the required RSVP, please visit our Chapter’s Me etup page (https://www.meetup.com/California-Native-Plant-Society-Santa-Cla ra-Valley-Chapter/). Driving directions and parking tips are provided on th e Meetup page.\nOr you may reserve your spot at the OSA Events page: page: www.openspaceauthority.org/visitors/events.html (Note:%20we%20will%20focus% 20on%20the%20wildlife%20value%20of%20these%20fruits,%20not%20on%20their%20e dibility%20for%20humans.%20Picking%20plant%20material%20of%20any%20kind%20i s%20prohibited%20in%20Open%20Space%20Authority%20lands.%20Wear%20good%20hik ing%20shoes.%20Bring%20a%20hat,%20a%20bag%20lunch%20and%20plenty%20of%20wat er/fluids.%20Drinking%20water%20is%20not%20available%20in%20the%20preserve. %20Dress%20in%20layers,%20and%20appropriately%20for%20late%20fall%20weather .%20Heavy%20rain%20cancels.%20We%20will%20walk%20the%20Mayfair%20Ranch%20Tr ail-Longwall%20Canyon%20Trail%20loop.%20The%20distance%20covered%20is%204.3 %20miles%20with%20500’%20of%20elevation%20gain.%20Meet%20in%20the%20preserv e%20parking%20lot%20at%2010am.%20Space%20is%20limited.%20No%20drop-ins%20pl ease.%20To%20complete%20the%20required%20RSVP,%20please%20visit%20our%20Cha pter’s%20Meetup%20page.%20Driving%20directions%20and%20parking%20tips%20are %20provided%20on%20the%20Meetup%20page.%20Or%20you%20may%20reserve%20your%2 0spot%20at%20the%20OSA%20Events%20page:%20page:%20www.openspaceauthority.or g/visitors/events.html.).\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Fall is the time when seeds and fruit of many native plants ripen and mature. This coincides with the start of the wet season, maximizing the pot ential for germination and propagation of the species. The fruit and seed b onanza sustains a wide variety of wildlife, including many types of birds a nd mammals. Some fauna play a key role in the dispersal and improved germin ation of these plants.

Join Arvind Kumar and Ashok Jethanandani on th is beginner’s plant ID and habitat walk to look for a variety of native ber ries and fruit such as oak acorns, bay laurel nuts, buckeye nuts, holly-lea ved cherries and a wide range of berries: madrone, manzanita, toyon, poison oak, coffeeberry, honeysuckle, elderberry, redberry and snowberry. Beginne rs interested in plant identification are welcome; prior knowledge of nativ e plants or botany is not required.

Note: we will focus on the wild life value of these fruits, not on their edibility for humans. Picking plan t material of any kind is prohibited in Open Space Authority lands.

W ear good hiking shoes. Bring a hat, a bag lunch and plenty of water/fluids. Drinking water is not available in the preserve. Dress in layers, and appr opriately for late fall weather. Heavy rain cancels. We will walk the Mayfa ir Ranch Trail-Longwall Canyon Trail loop. The distance covered is 4.3 mile s with 500’ of elevation gain. Meet in the preserve parking lot at 10am.

Space is limited. No drop-ins please. To compl ete the required RSVP, please visit our Chapter’ s Meetup page. Driving directions and parking tips are provided on the Meetup page.

Or you may reserve your spot at the OSA Events page: pag e: www.openspaceauthority.org/visitors/events.html.

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