5/15/2026 | Spring Ephemeral Hike – Brown’s Woods Forest Preserve
Spring Ephemeral Hike
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
465 Brown’s Woods Dr, West Des Moines, IA
Brown’s Woods Forest Preserve serves as a field laboratory for this guided hike. Participants will search for “ephemerals”—short-lived wildflowers like Trout Lily and Dutchman’s Breeches that bloom only briefly before the forest canopy closes. It is a lesson in woodland ecology and the biological timing of the spring cycle. Led by local naturalists, the hike provides a rigorous look at Iowa’s native biodiversity and the environmental factors that govern these fleeting botanical treasures.
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