FALL FERNS OF MT. TOBY

Mt Toby lies just east of the Connecticut River, and is known for the biodiversity of its ferns and orchids. The conglomerate rock is not very acidic, allowing lime-loving plants to grow along with the more common ones. We expect to find some spleenworts, walking fern, Goldie's wood fern, narrow-leaved glade fern, and perhaps even the tiny prothallus form of Trichomanes intricatum (weft fern), which looks more like an algae than a fern. Dress for off-trail hiking.

Saturday, September 27, 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m