Scheduled Field Trips
Follow these pages to get updates on what is being planned. The trips will have the best of 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. Trip days and times may change several times before the field trips are finalized.
Always plan to bring
- Water
- Comfortable field clothes and closed-toed shoes (boots recommended). In many places, long pants are strongly advised.
- Sunscreen and sun hat
- If the trip will extend through the noon hour, bring lunch
Click on the title of any trip to get trip detail
Cross Section of a Dry Sandhill
Visit one of the largest intact sandhills in the peninsula within the Citrus Tract of the Withlacoochee State Forest
Horseback riding with Cactus Jack on Florida Trail at the Land Bridge!
An Adventure by horseback in the center of horses of the world!
Plant Communities of the Chassahowitzka Wildlife Management Area (full)
From Sandhills to Springs
Goethe State Forest Driving Tour
Orchids and roadway plant life
More than you thought possible about Cabbage Palms
A fieldtrip and workshop at Mockernut Hill Botanical Garden
Werner Boyce Salt Springs State Park Guided Hike
Botanize and bird this beautiful park with its manager, Adam Belden
Invasive Species Management on the Withlacoochee State Forest
The Croom Tract with the managers
Tram Ride on the 7-Mile Loop Trail at Crystal River Preserve State Park
Natural Communities of the Big Bend
Chassahowitzka River Kayak Trip (morning)
Paddling to the best springs of “The Chazz”
Chassahowitzka River Kayak Trip (afternoon)
Paddling to the best springs of “The Chazz”
Gulf Coast Ecosystems and Sea Level Rise
An Up-Close Look at Sea Level Rise Impacts in the Southern Big Bend
Crystal River Cruise (full)
A Scenic Exploration by Pontoon
Gum Slough/ Seven Springs Field Trip and Paddle (full)
with Lars Anderson
Native Landscapes in The Villages – Fourteen Residential Homes Self-Guided Tour
Native Landscapes in a Managed Community
Two-Mile Prairie/Johnson Pond Trail (full)
One of the lesser-known tracts of the Withlacoochee SF
Citrus Tract - Withlacoochee State Forest (full)
A Florida Gem - Sandhill in the Spring
Florida Greenway and Ross Prairie State Forest (full)
A botanical hiking adventure of scrub, upland longleaf and sand pine habitats
Rosebud Continuum Sustainability Center
with Craig Huegel
Horseback riding with Cactus Jack on Florida Trail at the Land Bridge!
An Adventure by Horseback in the center of horses of the world!
Tour of Mockernut Hill Botanical Garden
with Linda Duever and Edwin Bridges