Ancient Oregon's Return - Guided Tour

Saturday, May 3, 2014 - 12:00pm
Hoyt Arboretum Friends
Address: 
4000 SW Fairview Blvd
Portland, OR 97221
United States
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Rewind your mental clock back millions of years, and imagine the vast tracts of Oregon that are now desert. Past climates were quite different from today, and the flora in Oregon was also very different. In particular, the trees that grew in Oregon before the Ice Ages were more varied. Oregon's deserts were formerly covered in forests (or savannah or subtropical jungle).

This guided tour with Jim Gersbach will highlight the living trees that once grew in Oregon but went extinct. However, many trees survived elsewhere and have been reintroduced to the state. You'll learn about the return of the Dawn redwood, giant sequoia, bald cypress and more!

Meet at the Visitor Center; pre-registration is not required.

 

Venue: 
Hoyt Arboretum
Venue Details: 
Hoyt Arboretum is Portland's museum of living trees. Located on 187 ridge-top acres in Washington Park and accessible by 12 miles of hiking trails, more than 6,000 plants from around the world grow at Hoyt Arboretum, including more than 2,000 species.
Cost: 
$3/person (free for HAF members!)

Contact Information

Contact Name: 
Becky Schreiber
Contact Phone: 
(503) 823-1649
Contact Email: 
info@hoytarboretum.org