Field trips

Mission Trails Regional Park: Hike through diverse habitats including riparian, oak woodland, coastal sage scrub and chaparral with Mike Simpson, professor at SDSU and co-author of the Checklist of Vascular Plants of San Diego County. The morning will include a guided hike along the Oak Canyon Trail and you will have time in the afternoon to explore on your own.

Torrey Pines State Park

Torrey Pines State Park
This event is full (waiting list only)
The wildest stretch of coast in Southern California- see the area and what it looked like before San Diego was developed. Torrey Pines State Park is home to many rare species including its namesake, Pinus torreyana, Dudleya blochmaniae, Ceanothus verrucosus, and Arctostaphylos glandulosa ssp. crassifolia. Join this tour led by Margaret Fillius, author of Native Plants of Torrey Pines and Darren Smith, state parks ecologist. It will include a guided tour in the morning and then a few hours to explore on your own in the afternoon.