Bob Horton Wildflower Walk

A well-attended group met on Sunday, May 19th, at the Lime Kiln parking lot to take part in a guided walk through the lower half of the Bob Horton Trail to better understand the botany of that area of Bolton. The walk was led by Elizabeth Bagdonas, the Bedford Conservation Agent and well known amateur botanist. In preparation for the walk, Elizabeth, with support from Trails Committee members had identified and marked both perennial and annual plants throughout the Horton Trail. In addition, she prepared a map of the Horton Trail annotated to show the various groupings and families of plants. The map and a narrative are available on the Bolton Trails website (insert URL). Elizabeth plans to continue the plant identification effort and develop a map with the general locations of specific plants, also differentiating between native and alien plants and indicating invasive species of the latter. In addition, a separate effort will be started this summer to identify the trees along the Trail, an effort that has been requested by a number of trail walkers.
The Wild Flower Walk was followed by the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Bolton Conservation Trust at the Nashoba Valley Winery. The Trust would like to thank Elizabeth and Rich Pelletier for the efforts to make the Walk and Meeting a success.

The map of flora used on the Walk, available on the Bolton Trails website. Click here: Wild_Flower_Walk_Handout

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