Join us for a walk in the woods focused on everything evergreen!
As we walk through the woods of midcoast Maine towering pines, hemlocks and fir trees stand green all year against a backdrop of greys and browns. What makes these evergreens special enough to keep their needles year round?
Maine Master Naturalist Susan Cottle will guide us on a walk and talk at Hidden Valley to delve deep into the history and anatomy of the evergreen tree.
During this program participants will learn not only the definition of an evergreen but how to tell them apart by their bark, cones, and needles. We’ll discuss which evergreen trees have needles, whether every tree with needles really is an evergreen, and which evergreens are conifers. Susan will explain what makes evergreens different from other trees in the ways they reproduce and their role on the landscape.
Many evergreen species predate other tree types in Maine because of their powerful abilities to handle the difficult conditions they face in this northern region of the world.
This is a great Naturalist Workshop to join in combination with the one on January 17 when we’ll focus on non-evergreens—aka deciduous trees!
For questions, please reach out to Zoe Thomas at zoe@midcoastconservancy.org.
This is a free event, but registration is encouraged.
All are welcome! Participants under 16 must be accompanied by an adult.