We sometimes think that native plants have to be purchased from special growers or laboriously grown from seed, planted into perfect locations, and carefully nurtured. But native plants often show up in places where they were not planted, and we are finding them on the trail! In some cases plants that we did put in on purpose are producing seed and spreading that way. But we also find native species that we did not plant, and likely were not planted on purpose by anyone. It is very likely that you can also find some of these native plants on your property too. If you want to keep them, all you need to do is let them grow! Free native plants!

To help you in recognizing these plants, we have have put signs by them on the trail. Each sign has a QR code that takes you to a description page for that plant. You can also see all these plants by clicking on their names, which are listed below (in some cases you will need to use the back button to get back here). Enjoy!