2025 Field Trips
Scheduled Field Trips
Check these pages to get details on what is being planned. The trips will have the best of North-Central Florida, giving you a chance to visit some of Florida's oldest and most unique ecosystems.
- See rare plants in their native habitats
- See examples of outstanding ecologically sound land management
- Get to meet some of Florida's best field botanists and ecologists
All field trips require advance reservation. Check individual field trips for costs and difficulty.
If unforeseen circumstances require any field trip to be cancelled or modified before the Conference, FNPS will notify field trip registrants of these changes.
About one month prior to the Conference, Field Trip Fact Sheet will be e-mailed to you for each field trip you have registered for. Please print or save these to your device, as they will not be available on-site. The Field Trip Fact Sheet will provide additional information about the field trip not provided on the registration web site, such as:
- Suggested clothing, footwear, and additional items for you to bring on the trip.
- Address and GPS coordinates for the field trip start location.
- Driving directions from the Hilton Conference Center to the start location for the field trip.
A liability waiver must be completed before attending the field trips.
Please click the links below for more details on each trip.
Thursday (April 3) Field Trips:
2 - Riverside Island – Longleaf Sandhill in Ocala National Forest
3 - Wetland Preserve
4 - Ichetucknee Springs River Paddle Trip
5 - Bell Ridge Longleaf WEA
6 - Ordway-Swisher Biological Station
8 - Fox Pen Preserve
9 - Cross Creek Kayak/Canoe Paddle
10 - Mill Creek Nature Preserve
11 - Rim Ramble at Paynes Prairie State Preserve
12 - Hidden Treasures of the Florida Museum of Natural History
13 - Sweetwater Wetlands Park
14 - Split Rock Conservation Area
15 - Morningside Nature Center
16 - University of Florida Natural Area Teaching Lab (NATL) and Native Plant Nursery
17 - Lubee Bat Conservancy
18 - Behind-the-scenes at McGuire Center for Diversity and Lepidoptera
Sunday (April 6) Field Trips:
19 - Hopkins Prairie in Ocala National Forest
20 - Deep Creek
21 - Ocklawaha River Kayak/Canoe Paddle
23 - San Felasco Hammock Preserve State Park - Butterflies and their Host Plants
24 - Mike Roess Gold Head Branch State Park
25 - Etoniah Creek State Forest
26 - JY Wilson Sandhill Grassland Preserve
27 - O’Leno State Park & River Rise State Preserve
28 - Longleaf Flatwoods Reserve
29 - Florida Springs and Native Demonstration Garden Tour
30 - Little Orange Creek Preserve
31 - Gainesville Native Landscapes Tour
32 - Flamingo Hammock
Funded in part by Visit Gainesville, Alachua County
