Soldier Spring Park, Weatherford, Parker Co.

*This tour is offered by donations. Suggested donation amount is $5; but please donate any amount you believe this special tour is worth. Donations benefit Native Prairies Association of Texas & are non-refundable. The deadline to sign up is Sept 26^th.

No restrooms on site unless there are open restrooms by the baseball fields.  We will meet at 8:45am on the parking lot next to the Vietnam Memorial on Thrush St.

Directions: https://maps.app.goo.gl/smRDSf588GLaYLkZ7

www.stoppingpoints.com/texas/sights.cgi?marker=Soldier+Spring+Park&cnty=parker

During the Civil War era, Confederate Soldiers used the area as a campsite.  We will explore the limestone outcrops located off Thrush St. Although some species won’t be in flower, Comanche Peak Prairie Clover (Dalea reverchonii), Hall’s Dalea (Dalea hallii), Reverchon’s Scurfpea (Pediomelum reverchonii), and others are known from the park, and some are rare across North Texas.

Here’s a small list of species we might expect to see: Gray Golden Aster (Heterotheca canescens), Maximilian Sunflower (Helianthus maximiliani), Gayfeather (Liatris mucronata), Small Palafoxia (Palafoxia callosa), Common Goldenrod (Solidago altissima), Old Field Goldenrod (Solidago nemoralis), Downy Ragged Goldenrod (Solidago petiolaris), Rough Goldenrod (Solidago radula), Stiff Goldenrod (Solidago rigida), White Boneset (Eupatorium serotinum), False Gaura (Oenothera glaucifolia=Stenosiphon linifolius), Osage False Foxglove (Agalinis densiflora), Prairie Agalinis (Agalinis heterophylla), Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans), Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum), Big Bluestem (Andropogon gerardii), Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium), Canada Wildrye (Elymus canadensis) and Southeastern Wildrye (Elymus glabriflorus).