Pasque Flower Hike
Event Details
3002 Grain Road
Elkader , IA/52043
Contact Name: Ean
Email: cccb@claytoncountyia.gov
Phone: 563-245-1516
Website: https://www.claytoncountyconservation.org/event-details/pasque-flower-hike-1
Event Description
Pasque Flower Hike
Friday, April 21st
5:00-6:30 PM
Aldo Leopold once said, “the chance to find a pasque flower is as inalienable as the right to free speech.” Come and exercise your right with a guided hike to see one of Iowa’s earliest-blooming and most beloved wildflowers at the Motor Mill Historic Site. Pasque flowers indicate high-quality natural areas, particularly prairie areas including a thin-soiled “goat prairie” overlooking the Turkey River Valley. To nature lovers, their emergence marks the start of the wildflower season.
The hike will be a short but rugged off-trail hike, so participants should be confident in their mobility and wear appropriate footwear. The group will meet at the campground at Motor Mill for the roughly 1-mile round-trip hike. Motor Mill is located at 23002 Grain Road, Elkader, IA 52043.
To sign up or ask questions please contact the Osborne Nature Center at 563-245-1516 or sign up at claytoncountyconservation.org .
