Take a walk with Shawn Banks, County Extension Director, for his fifth walk identifying native plants along the way, as he continues to venture out during 2023 Year of the Trail.
This time he takes a walk on the one lane trail through maritime forest area at the Theodore Roosevelt Nature Trail at the N.C. Aquarium in Pine Knoll Shores. Take in the beautiful scenery, get acquainted with some new plants and revisit some we have already seen.
Native plants and points of interest on the fifth trail walk:
The first plant noted as Hercules Club or Toothache Tree Zanthoxylum clava-herculis is actually Aralia spinosa. Both plants have the common name Hercules' Club, with lots of prickles on the stem and trunk.
Southern Magnolia Magnolia grandiflora
Loblolly Pine Pinus taeda
Southern Live Oak or Bay Live Oak Quercus virginiana
Florida sedge Carex floridana
Seaside Goldenrod Solidago sempervirens
Marsh Elder Iva frutescens
Sand Fiddler Crab Uca pugilator
Other trail walks with Shawn:
#1 Trail Walk – Elliot Coes Trail at the Fort Macon State Park
#2 Trail Walk – Patsy Pond Trail in Newport
#3 Trail Walk – Willow Pond & Soundside Trails on Harkers Island
