Independence Oaks Invasive Species CITO Cache In Trash Out® Event

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Hidden : Saturday, September 17, 2016
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: other (other)

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This CITO is to be held at Independence Oaks County Park, 9501 Sashabaw Road Clarkston, MI 48348.

A PARK PASS IS NEEDED TO ATTEND THIS EVENT

Please join us from 9:30 am until noon on Saturday September 17th at the posted coordinates. We will be teaming up to spot and mark Garlic Mustard, Swallow-wort, old fencing and dump piles. The main purpose of this CITO is to gather information to give back to the parks. We will be focussing on finding, getting coords, and describing the spots we find.

By attending this CITO, you will earn your Fall 2016 CITO Souvenir.

Please log your "will attend" or "watch" this page since there will be some updates on the details.

At noon, we will be having a potluck lunch in the park. I will supply hotdogs, buns and condements. Please let me know in your "will attend" what you will be bringing for the potluck lunch.

Garlic Mustard

Garlic mustard is an exotic invasive plant from Europe that invades woodland habitats in North America and impacts forest biodiversity. In some woodlands, dense stands of garlic mustard in the spring threaten showy spring blooming ephemerals like spring beauty, trilliums and trout lilies. Other research points toward potentially negative impacts on timber species and forest health. Many land managers consider it to be one of the most potentially harmful and difficult to control invasive plants in the region. For more information about Garlic Mustard, please visit this website: Garlic Mustard



Black swallow-wort is native to southwestern Europe, around the Mediterranean, and northerrn Europe. Pale swallow-wort is native to the Ukraine and parts of Russia. They were introduced in the US in the 1800s, though neither was ever highly rated as a horticultural specimen. Both black and pale swallow-worts are highly invasive; they form dense monocultures in shade or full sun. For more information about Swallow-wort, please visit this website: Swallow-wort

Independence Oaks covers over 1088 acres including 68 acre Crooked Lake. There are over 14 miles of hiking and biking trails. Other activities available are picnicking, hiking, fishing, swimming, nature study, and youth group camping. The park is also home to the Lewis E. Wint Nature Center. There are already many geocaches in the park and I'm sure there will be some new ones for those attending this event. For more information about Independence Oaks or any park in the Oakland County Parks system, please follow this link: Oakland County Parks

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