MAY 1, 2024.

Leader: Sue Studlar

We will explore the rich bryophyte and lichen communities along the Laurel River Trail, which is an old (1920’s) logging railroad bed along the cascading Big Laurel Creek/Laurel River. The walk is easy with some rocky sections and an optional stop among the streamside boulders. We start at the Laurel River Trailhead parking lot and walk down the gravel road to the trail, an easy trail with some rocky sections. We will do only about the first half-mile of the trail (one-mile round trip) entirely within private property. (Pisgah NF and the rest of the 3.6-mile-long trail is one mile from the start, too distant for our microscale adventures!)  There is a limitation of 12 attendees at this event.