NPSO 2019 Annual Meeting

July 12-14     Klamath-Siskiyou Mountains

Field Trips

Friday July 12, 2019    11:15 - 4:30                    Field Trip # 2

Difficulty:     Easy  (0 miles) - Walk as far as you like - 10 feet from the cars or all the way to Canada on the Pacific Crest Trail. (just kidding:-)

Elevation:     No elevation gain expected. Participants will paint at Jackson Gap near the parking area.

Group Size Limit:     15

Trip Description:     We'll drive to Jackson Gap on the Siskiyou Crest via Forest Road 20, parking at a saddle where we can set up for painting landscapes and wildflowers. Site includes rare flowers, views, meadows, forests and rocky scablands. Jackson Gap is located in the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest. Bring painting materials, chair and easel if desired.

Floristic Highlights:     Castilleja schizotricha, Horkelia hendersonii, Artemisia arbuscula, Sedum lanceolatum, Ipomopsis aggregata, Balsamorhiza deltoidea, and Lupinus leucophyllus

Special Considerations:     Bring painting materials, chair and easel if desired.

Plant Lists:     Both Dutchman Peak and Observation Peak plant lists will be valuable for this trip.

Meeting Place and Time:     Trip # 2 leaves at 11:15 from Pacifica.

Alternate Meeting:     To accomodate trip members who aren't staying at Pacifica, this trip will also pick up members at its first stop at Star Ranger Station at 11:45, (6941 Upper Applegate Road).

Driving Directions:     Directions to Jackson Gap near Dutchman Peak:

From Pacifca, head right (southerly) across the Applegate River and through the town of Applegate on HWY 238 about 18 miles, turn right on Hamilton and go past Cantrall-Buckley County Park. Turn right on Upper Applegate Road and drive 4.9 miles to Star Ranger Station. Continue on Upper Applegate Road 2.6 miles to Beaver Creek Road (Road 20) and turn left. Eventually Road 20 turns to gravel. Turn left at the Silver Fork Gap intersection, still on Road 20, and continue to Jackson Gap on the top of the Siskiyou Crest and park in the wide parking area.

Note: Road 20 contains washboard sections and is a bit rough and narrow near Dutchman Peak; it is still passable in regular cars, although best in AWD or 4WD.

Driving miles from Pacifica to trailhead:     37 miles one way from Pacifica. (Drive time one way is about an hour and 10 minutes.)

Leader:       Dr. Darlene Southworth

Dr. Darlene Southworth is a botanist, retired from teaching biology at Southern Oregon University. She has taken up watercolor and combines a lifetime of observation with painted expressions. She maintains an office and lab at SOU and a studio in the Ashland Art Center.

Darlene Southworth plein air painting during the Sonoran desert superbloom this spring.

Henderson's horkelia (Horkelia hendersonii)

Splithair paintbrush (Castilleja schizotricha) and lanceleaf sedum (Sedum lanceolatum)

Silver Fork Basin and Observation Peak as seen from Jackson Gap in the fall.

Wildflowers on the Siskiyou Crest.